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General appearance somewhat like that of H. longicaudatus, but 
rather larger; ears not so broad relatively as in that species, and 
the fur much shorter, paler in colour, and more cottony in texture. 
Tail relatively not so long. 
The muzzle is rather short and obtuse, and the muffle, as in so 
many other species of Hesperomys, has two little projections under 
the nostrils, which point downwards. The ears are of the same length 
as those of H. longicaudatus, but they are much narrower than those 
of that species ; they are naked, with the exception of a portion of 
their hinder surface at the root. The fore feet are rather broad, and 
have their upper surface suffused with short, fine, pale brown hairs, 
much as in H. darwinii ; the toes themselves are nearly naked to- 
wards the claws, and are destitute of long hairs around the latter ; 
the claws are short, and of a lightish brown colour. In H. longi- 
caudatus they are white. Hind feet rather short and broad, and well 
clothed with very fine short hairs of a cinnamon-brown colour, 
which are whiter on the toes; claws light brown. ‘Tail annulated 
with exceedingly small scales, much smaller than those of the tail 
of any other species examined, and sparingly suffused with extremely 
fine and short hairs, forming at the end a pencil of exceeding soft- 
ness. It is everywhere of a uniform dark brown colour. 
The fur of the body is on all parts short and thick, soft to the 
touch, and perfectly devoid of lustre, and it has but a very trifling 
number of the usual longer and darker hairs. On the head and face 
it is no longer than that of the common Shrew (Sorex vulgaris, 
Linn.), and it is nearly as fine as in that animal. All the upper 
parts are darkish cinnamon-brown (the fur being ash-coloured at the 
root), and the brown colour extends along the exposed or outer sur- 
face of the limb. The fur of the whole of the under surface, from 
the chin to the vent, and the inside of the limbs, uniform yellowish 
white from root to tip. The line of division of the brown and white is 
moderately distinct, very much as in adult specimens of Mus sylvaticus, 
to which animal it bears in general appearance some resemblance. 
A pure white spot marks the root of the whiskers, which are few in 
number, very long, and black. 
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of the fore foot and claws ............ 
of the hind foot and claws............ 
Cranium.—The skull of this species is a miniature of that of H. 
latimanus, and bears but little resemblance to that of H. longicau- 
datus. It is chiefly remarkable for the breadth of the frontal bones, 
by which the space between the orbits is rendered much wider, and 
