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brown or what might almost be called brown-white; 

 on the basal portion, a very obscure pale rusty tint is 

 observable, and on the hinder part is a faint greyish 

 hue; the toes are brown-black; the tail is covered at 

 the base with fur of the same character and colour as 

 that of the body, but as we recede from the base, the 

 hairs become gradually more adpressed and harsher, 

 and those on the apical half, which are almost entire- 

 ly black, are extremely harsh. The head is almost of 

 an uniform colour, nearly like that of the body, but 

 there are some slight shades of difference, for instance, 

 there is a very faint rusty hue on the sides ; the lower 

 part of the cheeks is somewhat greyish ; the sides of 

 the muzzle are rather dusky, and the top is of a paler 

 hue ; an indistinct whitish mark runs backwards be- 

 neath the eye from above the angle of the mouth ; 

 the tip of the muzzle is whitish ; the chin is dusky, 

 and the throat is greyish white ; the moustaches are 

 black. The ears are well clothed within with brown- 

 ish white hairs, but those nearest, and at the apical 

 margin, are blackish; externally they are almost en- 

 tirely brown -black ; at the base rather paler. Fur, 

 both of upper and under parts of body, brown-grey 

 at the base; the hairs on the upper parts white-brown 

 near the apex, and brown or brown-black at the apex. 

 Length from nose to root of tail, 47 inches ; tail, 

 34- inches ; circumference of tail at the base, about 

 1 2 lines ; tarsus, 4 inches, not including the nails; 

 nose to ear, 7 5 inches ; ear, 4^ inches ; width 3 

 inches ; height of animal in its ordinary sub -erect 

 position 51 inches. 



