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with a few whitish hairs or bristles beneath them, especially in 

 young individuals. Muzzle very acute ; ears conspicuous, large ; 

 all the anterior claws large, especially the middle one, and the next 

 outer ; posterior claws small. There is a less marked difference in 

 the size of the scales of the head and neck and body than in penta- 

 dactyla, in which the scales of the head are very much smaller. 



Length of one, head and body 19 inches ; tail 15^. 



This manis appears to be the only species in Sikim, and thence 

 extends through the Indo-Chinese countries to China itself." 



