TUPAIA TANA. 
extremity ; a very slight depression is observed a little anterior to the region of 
the eyes. The nose is of a brown colour, slightly compressed at the sides, and 
considerably extended beyond the lower lip; the nostrils are lateral, curved, and 
broader in the middle. The head, between the region of the eyes and the ears, is 
somewhat depressed ; it is connected with the neck, as in the other species, with- 
out any diminution in the dimensions of the latter. The w T hiskers arising from 
the upper lip, the chin, and the forehead, are short, and not numerous. The eyes are 
large and prominent, and exhibit the same character as in the other species ; the pupil 
is circular, and the hides are dark. The ears are placed at a great distance from 
the eyes ; they are large, oblong, and provided with a narrow, rather membranaceous 
heligma, which is closely applied to the head ; they resemble, indeed, in all essential 
points, so nearly these organs in Tupaia javanica, that they require no detailed 
description. The neck is shorter than the head, and increases gradually in dimen- 
sions towards the breast. The body, as in the other species of Tupaia, is gracefully 
formed, rather oblong, somewhat thicker at the rump, and, in the specimen from 
which the description is made, the back is slightly arched. The tail, in Tupaia 
tana, has a greater resemblance to that of Squirrels than in Tupaia javanica ; the 
hairs spread in all directions, and give it a bushy appearance ; its proportion in 
length to the body, cannot be given with perfect accuracy, as a portion appeared to 
be wanting in the specimen. The anterior extremities are shorter than the pos- 
terior ; they are thicker near the shoulder, and gradually tapering towards the feet ; 
the tarsus is of moderate length. The feet and toes agree in length and division 
with those of the liangsring. In the posterior extremities the tliighs and legs are 
robust, and the tarsi proportionally of great length. Of the toes the intermediate 
one is longest ; the next on each side are somewhat shorter, and the thumb is placed 
further back than the small toe. The claws have the same general character on both 
extremities ; they are strongly compressed laterally, but broad in a horizontal direc- 
tion, much curved, and fitted more for seizing their prey, than for digging the earth ; 
they are rather wider and more vigorous on the posterior extremities, and indivi- 
dually covered by a delicate tuft of long hairs arising from the extremity of the 
toes. 
The fur of the Tupaia tana is soft and delicate. The general colour of the 
upper parts i* dark brown inclining to black ; of the lower, brown, with a reddish 
tint. The separate hairs of the upper parts are banded alternately with grey and 
dark brown, so as to form a variegated surface. The colour of the back is deeper 
than that of the sides, and it increases in intensity towards the rump. Our animal 
further exhibits the following distribution of distinctive marks: — The head and 
snout are mixed blackish and gray ; the throat is grayish, with a rufous tint. The 
