absent. A pronounced vmaccous 



bull' colouration is therehv piodueed 

 in these areas. 



The membranous, ovate ear has a 



well developed. t°oui\ded tragus, 

 mm. long, hy 3 mm. wide, an anterior 

 fringe of vinaceous InilY ami white 

 hairs, had an aiilero-eMcrnal patch 

 of fuscous black bustles. The re- 

 mainder of each car is sparsely 

 covered, inside and out. with short, 

 while bristles. 



Veniially the fur is line, with no 

 spines, and is approximately HI mm 

 long, ol which the basal I mm. are 

 dark mouse grey and the apical 

 6 mm. are white. On the chin the 

 fur is sparse, shori and white 

 throughout. 



Both fore and hind feet are 

 clothed with short, white hairs 

 extending to the bases ol the pads 

 on the fore foot and covering the 

 sole of the hind-fool, except for the 

 pads plus a bare, median area of 

 fuscous black, granular skin, winch 

 extends forwards from 3 mm. behind 

 the base of the hallux lo the bases 

 ot the intcrdigital pads. Apart from 

 this latter area, the soles and pads 

 of both fore and hind feet are ivory 



yellow in colour I he lore-foot jj| 

 approximately -t.S mm broad and 

 lias six semi-coalescent pads, 0 I 

 which three are intcrdigital: one & 

 at the base of ihe lirst digit, ityj 

 Iwo are planlar I ac!i pad is covered 

 with uniform, line 91 auulalions. im \ 

 is surmounted by a snioolh, enlarged 

 granule, ecpial lo two g rami hit iom 

 in si/e. Ihe hind loot is appm\i. 

 malclv S mm. broad across the buscv 

 of the digits ami has three inter- 

 piWfei of which the nn>\; 

 external is hoiscshoe shaped, No 

 hallucal pad was discerned, liach 

 intcrdigital pad is covered with uni- 

 form, line granulations and sur- 

 mounted hy a longitudinal row ot 

 smooth, enlarged granules, four oi 

 live in number, each granule being 

 appioximately eipial to two granul,,. 

 lions in size. 



The tail is extremely muscular and 

 lapers towards the tip. but has no 

 sign of secondary fattening or basal 

 inerassalion. Il is tn-coloured and 

 covered with still hairs 3 mm. long. 

 Dorsally the colour is brindled, draft 

 grey with vinaceous bulf toning; 

 laterally it is pale smoke grey arid 

 ventialiy it is fuscous black. On the 



Plate 2. 



Sfntnthopsh 

 mamimpkllas 

 showing details 

 of the diagnostic 

 tail crest. 



(Pholti hi Roman 

 Ruthlcl 



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