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and lively ; the ears short and rounded : the neck is 

 very long, being but little shorter than the trunk, and 

 very flexible ; the tail short, not one-third the length 

 of the head and body, smaller than that of the rest of 

 the genus, and without the terminal tuft of long hair 

 which exists in the Stoat ; legs short, and furred to the 

 end of the toes; fur short and close. The colour of 

 the upper part of the head, neck, and body, the tail, 

 the feet, and the outer surface of the legs, is a light 

 reddish brown ; the whole of the inferior parts quite 

 white. Dimensions : — 



Inch. Lines. 



Inch Lines. 



Length of the head and body (of the male) 8 3 (of the female) 7 



,, of the head ,, 19 ,, 16 



,, of the ears ,, 4 ,, 3 



,, of the tail „ 2 6 ,, 2 



