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the feet and the base of the tail. Underparts of neck and body 

 whitish yellow. Tail very bushy, the prevailing colour yellowish white, 

 the upper surface towards base variegated with bristly hairs annulated 

 black and white, the black, about three inches from the root, is so 

 disposed as to give an appearance of one or two waved transverse 

 black stripes ; from thence to the point the bristly hairs are all tipped 

 with black, and at the very extremity of the tail they are almost 

 entirely of that colour, so that it appears perfectly black. Length from 

 nose to base of tail 23 inches; length of tail 13 inches; height at 

 shoulder 12 inches, at rump 13 inches." 



He adds that it inhabits Namaqualand on both sides of the Orange 

 River. 



This animal is evidently subject to variation in colour. In the 

 specimen which lived in our Zoological Gardens, the tail had a black 

 stripe down its dorsum, instead of presenting an appearance of 

 transverse markings. 



A British Museum specimen also shows that the general tint may be 

 pale reddish and the underparts pale yellowish, while the tail may be 

 only dark brown at its terminal portion intermixed with a little black. 

 The under jaw may also be very dark-coloured. 



Habitat. South Africa, north and south of the Orange River. 



Centimeters. 



Length from end of snout to root of tail 63'0 



of tail 30-5 



from heel to end of longest digit 13'0 



of ear 8'0 



We have not been able to examine any skull extracted from a skin 

 undoubtedly belonging to this species. 



