of a nez€ Genus of the Class Mammalia. 163 



Pedes plantigradi, pentadactjdi. Flantœ lanugine mollissimâ 

 dense vestitœ. Ungues talculae, compressaj, arcuata?, acu- 

 tissinice (retractiles). 



The body above is of a beautiful fulvous brown colour, which 

 on the back becomes lighter, and assumes a golden hue. The 

 brown colour extends with a somewhat deeper shade to the 

 neck, the sides of the head and the ears posteriorly ; and a band 

 of the same colour arises from the eyes and unites to the back 

 of the neck. The face, snout, and the ears are white ; a few 

 fulvous and yellowish hairs are mixed with the white covering 

 of the forehead. 



The abdomen and extremities are black, and separated by a 

 defined line from the colour of the upper parts. The tail is 

 banded alternately fulvous-brown and yellow, and tipt with 

 black. The woolly covering of the soles of the feet is of a gray 

 or blackish colour. The dimensions of this animal are, 



Length of the head 74- inches. 



from the occiput to the root 



of the tail 191 do. 



of the tail 15 do. 



Total length 42 inches, or 3 ft. 6 in. 



The peculiarities of our animal, on which its rank as a genus 

 depends, are striking and prominent ; but its disposition in a 

 natural series is still obscure, as it resembles in several charac- 

 ters the individuals of that subdivision of digitigrade carnas- 

 siers, from which it differs essentially both in its teeth and in its 

 plantigrade walk. Among the peculiarities of our animal are 

 to be noticed the great breadth of the rostrum and the singular 

 structure of the teeth : but the most remarkable character, and 

 that on which its distinction principally depends, is the form of 



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