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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 

 12^ lines ; tarsus, 4<^ inches, not including the nails; 

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

 inches ; height of animal in its ordinary sub-erect 

 position 51 inches. 



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