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elusive of the tail, which was a palm in 

 length and two inches and a half in breadth. 

 The hairs on the back were longer than 

 the rest ; the external ones brownish black, 

 the inner pale brown. The belly clothed 

 with short dark-brown fur. Body depress- 

 ed. Ears obtuse, clothed with fine short 

 hairs, and destitute of any accessory lobe. 

 Snout blunt, with round nostrils. Upper 

 lip cloven as far as the nostrils ; lower very 

 short. The whiskers black, long and stout. 

 Eye-brow of three bristles like the whiskers 

 over each eye. Neck none. The fur of 

 the belly was distinguished from that of the 

 sides by a line on each side, in which the 

 skin was visible. Feet clothed with very 

 short hairs, quite different from those of 

 the body. A fleshy integument invested 

 the whole body. The intestimim ccEciim 

 was large, with a very large appendix. 

 Upon the stomach lay two large cellular 

 glands, of whose nature and use I am ig- 

 norant. There were two cutting teeth in 

 each jaw, of which the upper pair were the 



