( hanicters <>/ tin' Slri) cJ J lyiinn d'r. 



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Africa I find tlic vihrissoe precisely as descriI)C(l l)v Flower 

 ( P. Z. S. IS()i), ]). 170) — that is to say, the niystacial, super- 

 ciliary, anil intcrramal tufts are present ; but the upper 

 genal tuft appears to be suj)pre>.sc(l, uliilc the hnver is 



Fi-. 1. 



A. Head of adult Ili/fPun hifcena, showinrr the facial vibrissfB and the ear. 

 I?. Head of newly-born cub of the same, .shoAin^ tlie facial vibiissie. 

 ('. llliinariuni of Ibja-nn hya-na from above, -i^ nat. size. 

 J). The same from the fiont. 



represented by a single stiff vibrissa. Supplementinnf 

 Flower's account, 1 may add that the niystacial vibriss;e 

 arc unusually thick for a terrestrial niannnal of the size of 



