CHIROGALE 917 



Color. Brown gray on upper parts and head, witli numerous 

 rather long white hairs on the body ; forehead and beneath eyes buff ; 

 orbital ring, black; light buff space between eyes, becoming gray on 

 nose; ear tufts brown, tips of hairs white; outer side of limbs lik^ 

 back ; rufous dorsal line from middle of back to tail ; under parts 

 yellowish white, base of fur plumbeous ; hands and feet grayish white 

 in some lights ; tail reddish, darker than back, but lighter than dorsal 

 line. Ex type British Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, about 300; tail, 154. Skull: occip- 

 ito-nasal length, 37; Hensel, 26; zygomatic width, 22; intertemporal 

 width, 18; palatal length, 15 ; width of braincase, 19; median length of 

 nasals, 12 ; length of upper tooth row, 10 ; length of mandible, 21 ; 

 length of lower tooth row, 10. Ex type British Museum. 



This species differs from all the members of this genus in the tufts 

 of hair standing out from the ears and sides of head, above the ears. 

 The fur is soft and woolly and it is one of the smaller forms of 

 the group. 



