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IS reprospiitcd as standing' far loo liio-li on its icj^'s: sncli fi</:iir('s as Lydekker'.s 

 Plate XX, and tlic niounl cd s])('('inirii |)liot()<;Taph('(l by l^ncas and Lo Souef 

 (fig. p. l-:^7), g'ivc very incorrcd jtostures for tlic animal. Compare figs. 352 

 and 358. 



Fig. .3.54. Basal views of skulls fit' 7'. hn/olis. Vi'^uvv ciu tlir k-ft fvoiu a niak' speciiia'U fniin 

 Nalpa, South Australia. Figure on the right from Thomas, Cat. Brit. Mus., 1888, 

 pi. xxii, fig. i. Natural size. 



Tlic toilet of the long silky hair is elaborate, and is performed, as usual, by 

 the syndactylous pedal digits, the manns being unemployed. An animal Avhich 

 had suffered the loss of a hind leg made vigorous attempts to scrateh itself Avith 

 the short stump, but ncvei- attem])t(Hl to replaee the office of the absent member 

 by the employment of its hands. The syndaetylous digits, after being enqiloyed 

 for combing. ai'<' invariably ch'anscd by the t"cth and tongne. The change of 

 pelage lakes place twice a year, in Scpteml)er antl in Kebrnary. and is a prolonged 

 affair. The new coat fii-st appeai-s upon the liead, and slowly spreads over the 

 shoulders and along the back. There is a very sharp line of division between the 



