260 PHALANGISTID^. 



long, soft, and very woolly ; all the hairs crooked and 

 nearly erect. General colour of the fur hrown-black, 

 but almost all the hairs are brownish-white at, or 

 near, the tip ; on the upper and fore part of the back 

 the black colour prevails ; on the hinder half of the 

 back, the white colour is most conspicuous, and on 

 the head, tail, and under part of the body, scarcely 

 any but the brown-white tint is seen, the hairs on 

 these parts, however, are brown at the base ; the 

 ears are furnished chiefly with long dirty yellowish 

 hairs ; the basal half of the tail is covered with fur 

 like that of the body, the apical half is devoid of 

 hair (the naked part is extended about two inches 

 more on the under side than the upper,) and presents 

 small scattered tubercles; the feet are naked beneath; 

 the toes are but sparingly clothed ; the claws are very 

 large and of a brownish colour. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 20 inches ; tail, 

 19 inches; nose to ear, 3 inches 5 lines; ear, 8 lines; 

 tarsus, (without including the claws) 3 inches 3 Hues. 



The above description is taken from a specimen 

 in the Museum of the Zoological Society. M. 

 Temminck states, that the young of this species diflfer 

 from the old in having the fur of a paler colour, and 

 that the old specimens are perfectly black ; those of 

 moderate size are brownish-black, and those which 

 hq supposes to be the young of the year, have the 

 fur of the upper parts of the body of a rusty-brown 

 tint ; that on the cheeks, the flanks, and the limbs 

 yellowish-brown ; and on the under parts yellowish. 

 It is easily distinguished from the other species of 



