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type-specimens, I take ad ventage of this opportunity to 

 describe this species more detailed. 



It is one of the largest sized species of the genus, 

 slender in its proportions ; the tail measures about three 

 fourth of the length of head and body. Hairs soft and 

 short. Upperparts and outside of legs of an ashy brown , 

 mixed with black on the crown of the head and on the 

 neck ; on the back are several dark brown spots , very 

 distinct in the young specimens, melting confusedly into 

 longitudinal stripes in the adult ones. Lowerparts and in- 

 side of legs rusty, passing towards the posterior part of 

 the belly into yellowish white. Tail alternately yellow 

 rusty and dark brown ringed ; the tip of the tail always 

 dark brown. The general aspect of the animal is as if 

 besnowed; this peculiar color is a consequence of the 

 numerous pure white hairs implanted among the darker 

 colored ones. 



Skeleton with 13 costales, 7 lumbares, 3 sacrales and 

 27 caudales. 



Outer upper and lower incisors much stouter and lar- 

 ger than the inner ones , the two midmost are the small- 

 est; canines very developed. There are | premolars and 

 I molars on each side : the first premolars are small , in 

 adult specimens they are absent. 



Length of head and body of a large male 880 m.m., 

 tail of the same specimen 620 m.m. Length of the skull 

 of an adult specimen 148 m.m., width of ditto 45 m.m., 

 width between jugalia 85 m.m. 



It is a very curious fact that this species so long has 

 remained unknown , notwithstanding so many hunters and 

 travellers — and among them several very experimented 

 man — have frequented und crossed the North part of 

 Celebes , where this species lives. I find short notices 

 about this animal in von Rosenberg's » Reistogten in de afdee- 

 ling Gorontalo" ^): he says »a very rare phenomenon in 



1) Werken van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Land- en Volkenkunde van 

 Nederlandsch Indië, 1865. Tweede Afdeeling. Afzonderlijke Werken. 

 Kotes from the Leyden MLusetim, Vol. "V. 



