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muzzle ; whiskers pale sandy ; large rounded ears with 

 internal valves well developed , blackish and sparingly 

 clothed with short rufous hairs, longer on the edges of 

 the earconchs and of the valves. Feet hairy down to the 

 yellowish claws, which are even surpassed by the hairs; 

 sole of the hind foot bare up to the heel and blackish. 

 Tail tetragonal , strong , not swollen at the base , but gra- 

 dually tapering towards its extremity, covered with close 

 rufous hairs above and below , with a few longer hairs on 

 the level of each vertebra. 



Dentition : 30 white teeth of which 4 little upper in- 

 termediate ones (unicuspids of Mr. Elliot Coues), viz : 2 

 lateral incisors. 1 canine and 1 premolar on each side 

 (S. G. Fachyura de Öélys). 



Dental formula of E. Brandt: I. ^-i-^ ' C. ? M. |i^ 



2 2 2 -f-b 



_ 1| — 30 teeth. 



J. ^ 



Upper jaiv (covered by its mucous membrane). — First 

 large incisor long and crooked , its fore point rises 

 considerably above the level of the posterior cusp, which 

 is sharp and forms an acute angle with the second lateral 

 incisor (l^t intermediate of authors). The latter tooth is 

 large, its point reaches as low as the fore point of the 

 first incisor; third incisor and canine (2'i and 3d in- 

 termediates of authors) both small and alike, hardly ex- 

 ceeding the gum ; canine separated from the first molar 

 by an intermediate space. The rudimentary premolar (4^1' 

 intermediate of authors) not contiguous with the canine , 

 but situated internally to the tooth-row, very small and 

 hardly visible even with a lens. It is situated backwards 

 and inwards of the first large molar, in the hollow be- 

 tween the anterior process and the chief cusp of this 

 tooth, distant from the canine as far as the antero- 

 posterior diameter of this tooth and wholly invisible ex- 

 ternally. The first molar very large , lengthened , its fore 

 cusp nearly flat, hardly raised above the gum, its median 



:N'otes from the Leyden Museum , Vol. II. 



