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DESCUIPTION OF A NEW 
weak, extremely compressed and bluntish ; that of the first 
toe semi-elliptical. The sole presents two papilliform tuber- 
cles opposite the fiist toe, two small tubercles at the base of 
the second and fifth toes, and a fifth between the roots of 
the third and fourth » 
The hind feet have also five toes. The first is short; 
the next three are of nearly equal length, the middle one a 
little longer ; the fifth much shorter, but longer than the 
first ; the first and fifth have each two joints, and are oppo- 
sable to the others ; the others have three phalanges. The 
claws are longer and a little stronger than those of the fore- 
feet. The sole, which is bare to the tarsal joint, has two 
tubercles at the root of the first toe, one after the other, a 
tubercle at the root of the second toe, another at the root 
of the fifth, and one between the third and fourth. 
The tail is perfectly round, siighly tapering, regularly 
scaled, and covered with moderately long stiffish adpressed 
hairs. 
The fur is longer on the upper, and especially on the 
posterior parts, close, long, silky, composed of two sets of 
hairs, some being longer and a little thicker, others shorter 
and finer. There are four rows of long mystachial bristles 
on the upper lip on each side. The hair of the feet is very 
short, and adpressed. 
The teeth are pale brownish-yellow ; the eyes dark 
lirown. The general colour of the fur is black, slightly 
tinged with brown above, greyish beneath. The short pile 
is dark bluish-grey. A few white hairs appear here and 
there in the fur. The short hairs on the margin of the 
lips are greyish-white, and those of the feet dark bluish- 
grey. The snout is flesh-coloured ; the auricle whitish ; 
the soles flesh-coloured with bright red papillae ; the claws 
yellowish-grey, with a bright red spot near the extremity. 
The two upper canine teeth are of moderate size, slightly 
