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yellowish, and unhanded. Although the tail is concolorous with the hody, the colours 

 are very differently arranged. The basal fifth of the hair is yellow, and is succeeded 

 by a black followed by a yellow band, succeeded in its turn by a black, terminating 

 in a yellow band which may or may not have a yellow tip. The fur on the body 

 averages 0*50 in length, but the longest hairs, which occur chiefly on the hind 

 quarters, are as much as 0'80. The hair on the head from between the ears 

 forwards is dense and about 0"33 in length. The moustachial hairs, black and not 

 very numerous, are rather short, but some of them reach to the posterior angle of 

 the eye. There are a few long bristly hairs in groups on the throat and behind the 

 angle of the mouth. 



The head is considerably shorter than the head of T. tana, slightly shorter than 

 T. ferruginea, and the muzzle fuller and much shorter than in the first-mentioned 

 species, the distance between the eye and the snout being 0"90, from the posterior 

 angle of the eye to the hinder margin of the tragus being 0"68 ; the nostrils are 

 crescentic slits directed obUquely backwards, the concavity being turned upwards and 

 forwards ; they measure 0"20 in extreme length, and a groove from their posterior 

 margin runs downwards to the lip, as in all the other species of Tupaise. The ear is 

 moderately large. The upper anterior angle of the hehx is folded on itself till it 

 reaches the vertex of the ear, behind and below which the margin of the helix is 

 simple, concave in its upper half and rounded below. The anti-helix is very distinct, 

 and the anti-tragus is prominent and projecting above the tragus. The general form 

 of the ear and its external appearance in T. ellioti may be taken as characteristic 

 of the other species of the genus. The hinder surface of the ear is sparsely clad with 

 hairs similar to those on the front parts. The toes are of moderate length ; the 1st 

 the shortest, and the tip of its claw is on a line with the base of the 3rd and 4th 

 toes ; the 2nd is shorter than the 4th, and the latter is shghtly shorter than the 3rd, 

 which is the longest ; and the 5th reaches only to about the middle of the 4th. 

 Four pads, as in the other species, occur between the bases of the four toes, and a 

 very large one behind the pad between the 4th and 5th toes, and a much smaller, 

 partially-divided pad behind the cushion at the bases of the 1st and 2nd toes. The 

 claws are strong, much laterally compressed, deep at the base, yellowish, and of 

 moderate length. 



In the hind foot, the 3rd and 4th toes are of equal length ; the dimensions 

 of the other toes are the same as in the fore foot. The cushion between the 1st and 

 2nd toes has no pad behind it, but is continued backwards along the margin of 

 the sole as a long, narrow, linear pad. The cushion between the 4th and 5th 

 toes has another behind it, also linear in its character and distribution. The claws 

 are stronger than on the front toes, but of the same description. The balls of the 

 toes are prominent and laterally compressed. 



The young are dark ferruginous, above finely speckled ; the tail the same colour 

 as the body ; the under surface rather lightly ferruginous than yellowish, and the 

 outside of the limbs darker than in the adults. 



