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eye, and the upper lid is furnished with very handsome 

 lashes. 



The mouth is exactly similar in form to that of the 

 Aperea ; but the upper teeth are narrower than the lower ; 

 the eye is large, its aperture being considerable, and the 

 two nostrils are divided on the same level, and separated 

 by a groove. 



The ear is raised about three inches above the head, and 

 in its greatest breadth is about two inches; it is not sharp 

 at its point, where there are a few hairs ; its anterior edge 

 is folded towards the conduit, and the posterior edge, on 

 the contrary, is folded from the base to about half its 

 length the contrary way. 



M. D'Azara found, on dissecting a female, two young 

 ones, without hair, and about an inch and a half in length ; 

 the sexual part appeared to be in the anus ; there is one pair 

 of teats towards the middle of the belly, and another about 

 three inches and a half more forward. What is most re- 

 markable in the fur, is a white and narrow band, which 

 commencing on one of the haunches, proceeds to the other, 

 round by the tail ; but this colour is also introduced between 

 the legs, and occupies the entire lower part of the body, 

 including the lower part of the breast ; between the fore- 

 legs, the colour is a clear cinnamon, and also under the 

 throat ; the side of the head is of the same colour, as well 

 as the exterior part of the fore-legs, the lower part of the 

 sides of the body, and the lower part of the buttocks, and 

 tarsus; under the head, the hair is white, as well as the 

 inside of the ear, which is brown on the outside ; all the 

 rest of its covering is brown hair, with small white points, 

 except that which is on the crupper, in the neighbourhood 

 of the white band, where the hair is quite of a dusky 

 cast. 



M. D'Azara has seen carpets made of this hair, and they 



