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and with the scales very indistinctly marked. , Hairy portion at its 
base not exceeding half an inch in length. 
The fur of the upper parts approaches to half an inch in length, 
and is of a dark grey colour, tipped with brown, which passes into a 
buffy-brown on the sides of the body. Outer surface of the limbs, 
the occiput, a space in front of the ear, and the fur on the base of 
the tail, of the same colour as the back. Around the eye a black 
mark, of small extent beneath and behind it, more extended above it, 
but most so in the direction of the snout, which it approaches very 
nearly. On the forehead the fur is pale brown, having the appear- 
ance of a pale streak between the two black marks. On all the 
under parts the hairs are unicolour, of a pale buff, palest on the 
mesial line, and on the throat and breast taking the form of a well- 
defined streak of pale yellow. Cheeks, chin, and lips buffy-brown. 
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Length of the head and body, about .......... 6 
Of tne Sai About. oy seta ces oe ee 7 
of the Heads sie) eae Ere 
ffOTH HOSE LO GRE 2. v4 < Gack ewe he eee 1 
——— from nose to eye..........05 eee eee 0 
Or te GRE: coc wees oo a 0 
Breadth Of the GAYS)... .'.05.5 . bs cen hia ee wee ee 
Length of the humerus 00: : o.oo. ee ee 0 
of the fore df¥m oS. Se 1 
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1 
1 
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1 
0 
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of the fore Teet SS os eS 
of the fee eA Se eee 
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TOtal leigh OF MR akg So as seas eae 
Breadth across the zygomatic arches .......... 
From front of foremost incisor to back of last molar 
Length of the nasal bones .................. 8 
of the zygoma from its posterior root to 
the front margin of the orbit .............. 0 8 
Breadth of the palate between the canines...... 0 2 
between the two hinder molars.. 0 34 
0 
5 
8 
Letieth of the lower jaw Se ee 1 
Height from the posterior angle to the top of the 
Poronuia process | SS eens 
Length of the dental series in the lower jaw .. .. 
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The young have all the under parts and inner surfaces of the 
limbs naked, and of a brownish flesh-colour. All the upper parts 
dark grey, almost black; the hairs short, shining, and adpressed. 
Basal third of the tail of the same colour, and similarly clothed with 
fine hairs; terminal two-thirds pale flesh-coloured, dusted with ex- 
ceedingly fine white hairs, scarcely visible without the aid of a lens. 
Ears darkish flesh-colour, with both their surfaces well clothed with 
short and fine hairs of a silvery-grey colour. Nails white. 
