134 THE DASYURES. 



pencilled with black, under parts of head and body, 

 and the feet, yellowish white; on the upper parts 

 of the body are numerous largish white spots ; tail 

 rather short, bushy and without spots, general tint 

 paler than that of the body, whitish at the extremity ; 

 ears, and fleshy tip to the muzzle, flesh-coloured, 

 naked a few pale hairs are observable near the 

 margins of the ears ; behind the ears is a large white 

 spot, the sides of the face are almost of an uniform 

 pale yellow ; sides of the muzzle, at the tip, whitish; 

 hairs of the moustaches rather long, and chiefly of a 

 brown-black colour ; claws white. The hairs of the 

 back are of a pale grey colour, pale yellow near the 

 tip, and black at the tip ; interspersed with the 

 ordinary fur are numerous longer hairs, the visible 

 portion of which is black ; the hairs of the tail are 

 chiefly of a yellow colour, there are however numer- 

 ous black hairs intermixed on the under side and at 

 the apical portion ; the hairs are of an uniform dirty 

 yellowish-white colour. On the under parts of the 

 head and body the hairs are of an uniform colour to 

 the root. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 12 inches; tail, 

 (not including the long hair) 9 inches ; from tip of 

 nose to base of ear, 2 inches 8 lines ; ear, 1 inch 3 

 lines ; tarsus, (claws not included) 2 inches l^ lines; 

 length of skull, 3 inches; width, 1 inch 8 lines; length 

 of palate, 1 inch 7 lines. 



Observations. In the skeleton of this species there 

 are the bones of a small thumb to the hind-foot, but 

 when the flesh is on the bones it is perfectly hidden, 



