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near the apex and tipped with black ; numerous 

 longer hairs_, which are of a black colour, are inter- 

 spersed ; on the under parts of the body, the hairs 

 are pale grey next the skin and white externally : 

 the hairs on the upper surface of the head are colour- 

 ed like those of the back, near the angles of the eye 

 they are blackish ; the edge of the upper lip and the 

 lower portion of the cheeks are whitish ; the mous- 

 taches are black, the hairs are numerous and very 

 long ; the ears are covered with extremely minute 

 grey and white hairs, but appear almost naked ; the 

 flesh was probably brownish when the animal was 

 alive ; they are very broad at the base, the apex is 

 rounded, and the outer margin is nearly straight ; 

 the fore-feet are dirty white ; the hairs covering the 

 tarsi above are partly grey and partly white, over the 

 toes they are white ; the claws of both fore and hind 

 feet are rather long, much compressed and arched, 

 and of a whitish colour. About one inch of the tail 

 at the base is covered with loose fur like that of the 

 body, there is then a space about 1^ inch with harsher 

 hairs, which are of moderate length, and chiefly of a 

 dirty white colour ; on the under side of this portion 

 of the tail the hairs are shorter, very stiff\, and of a 

 dark brown colour — it appears as if the animal oc- 

 casionally rested on this portion of the tail ; the re- 

 mainder of the tail, which is about two-thirds of the 

 whole length, is very bushy, being covered with black 

 hairs averaging about 2 inches in length. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 7 inches 9 lines; 

 length of tailj (not including the long hair) 7 inches 



