GULO ORIENTALIS. 



are situated at an equal distance, between the extremity of tlie nose, and the ears. 

 The lobes of the ears are larger than in other species of this genus; they are entirely 

 covered with delicate hair; the meatus auditorius is nearly concealed by the covering 

 cf the lateral parts of the head, consisting of hairs, long, closely arranged, and some- 

 what rigid : these extend from the nose backward, and form a very obscure crest on 

 the top of the head between the eyes. The limbs, both anterior and posterior, are 

 slender, and the feet agree in structure with those of the other animals belonging to 

 the first tribe of the Family of Carnivores ; the soles are naked, and formed for the 

 plantigrade mode of walking. Each foot is provided Avith five claws, which are 

 horny, transparent, compressed, curved, and larger on the fore than on the hind feet. 

 They are regular in their dimensions ; those of the middle toe are longest ; they are 

 somewhat shorter on the index and on the fourth toe, bu.t equal one to the other ; on 

 the thumb and small toe they are smallest. The thumb is placed somewhat behind 

 the other toes. Although the claws have considerable resemblance to those of Mydaus, 

 and are formed for perforating the ground, they differ in being shorter, more com- 

 pressed laterally, and more suddenly curved. The tail has nearly half the length of 

 the body ; it is somewhat bushy, and terminated by long bristly hairs. 



DIMENSIONS. 



Length of the body, from the extremity of the nose to the root 



of the tail 1 foot, 4 inches. 



the head 3f do. 



the tail ■ 6 do. 



the anterior extremities, from the shoulder to the 



extremities of the toes 4^ do. 



the posterior extremities — ; 5 do. 



This animal is more sohtary and more circumscribed in its range than any other 

 of the quadrupeds that have come under my observation in Java. I regret that I 

 had no opportunity of observing it alive. It was obtained during one of my visits 

 to the mountainous tracts in the western provinces of the dominions of the native 

 Princes, by one of my assistants, in the lower adjoining districts. The natives 

 denominate it Nyenteh, and represent it to be limited in its range to part of the 

 territory Sovith of JNIountain Prahu, between the two principal cones of the central 

 part of Java, the INIountain Sumbing, and the Mountain of Teggal, consisting of part 

 of Baggalen and Banyumas, and extending to GoAvong in the East. I obtained no 

 notice of it in the Eastern provinces, or in the Priyangan Regencies. Judging from 

 its general structure, as well as from its teeth and claws, it may be ^supposed to have 

 habits similar to the Taira and RateL 



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