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the grinders, five in number, forming a continuous 

 series, the first small, the second and third com- 

 pressed, each with a single point, the fourth broader, 

 and the fifth nearly as broad as long, with blunt 

 tubercles. Of the six lower incisors, the lateral are 

 larger, and have a small external lobe, the second 

 placed considerably farther back ; the canine tooth 

 is close to the lateral incisor, and curved ; the first 

 of the six grinders is very small, being merely a 

 little knob, the next three compressed, with a single 

 point, the fifth the largest, with three anterior 

 points, and four posterior blunt tubercles ; the sixth 

 small, with slight tubercles. On the head and face 

 the hairs are adpressed, and of ordinary texture ; on 

 the lower parts coarse, but of the nature of fur or 

 under hair ; on the upper of two kinds, a coarse fur, 

 iand still coarser and longer, stiffish, undulated, flat- 

 tened arid pointed hairs. The head, chin, and hind 

 neck are white, with a broad brownish-black band on 

 each side, from before the eye, over the ear, of which 

 the tip is white, down the back of the neck. The 

 throat, fore neck, middle of the breast, fore limbs, 

 and hind feet, are brownish-black; the upper parts 

 and sides light-grey, variegated with black, a large 

 portion of each hair near the end being of the latter 

 colour ; the long hairs at the tip of the short tail 

 whitish. The following are some of the dimensions 

 of a large individual in my collection : i 



Feet. Inches. 



Length to end of tail 3 3 



Length of the head 7 



