GULO OHIENTALIS. 
are situated at an equal distance, between the extremity of the nose, and the ears. 
The lobes of the ears are larger than in other species of this genus; they are entirely 
covered with delicate hair; the meatus auditorius is nearly concealed by the covering 
of the lateral parts of the head, consisting of hairs, long, closely arranged, and some- 
what rigid : these extend from the nose backward, and form a very obscure crest on 
the top of the head between the eyes. The limbs, both anterior and posterior, are 
slender, and the feet agree in structure with those of the other animals belonging to 
the first tribe of the Family of Carnivores ; the soles are naked, and formed for the 
plantigrade mode of walking. Each foot is provided with five claws, which are 
horny, transparent, compressed, curved, and larger on the fore than on the hind feet. 
They are regular in their dimensions ; those of the middle toe are longest; they are 
somewhat shorter on the index and on the fourth toe, but equal one to the other ; on 
the thumb and small toe they are smallest. The thumb is placed somewhat behind 
the other toes. Although the claws have considerable resemblance to those of Mydaus, 
and are formed for perforating the ground, they differ in being shorter, more com- 
pressed laterally, and more suddenly curved. The tail has nearly half the length of 
the body ; it is somewhat bushy, and terminated by long bristly hairs. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Length of the body, from the extremity of the nose to the root 
of the tail 1 foot, 4 inches. 
the head 3| do. 
the tail 6 do. 
the anterior extremities, from the shoulder to the 
extremities of the toes 4^ do, 
the posterior extremities 5 do. 
This animal is more solitary and more circumscribed in its range than any other 
of the quadrupeds that have come under my observation in Java. I regret that I 
had no opportunity of observing it alive. It was obtained during one of my visits 
to the mountainous tracts in the western provinces of the dominions of the native 
Princes, by one of my assistants, in the lower adjoining districts. The natives 
denominate it Nycntel\ and represent it to be limited in its range to part of the 
territory South of Mountain Prahu, between the two principal cones of the central 
part of Java, the Mountain Sumbing, and the Mountain of Teggal, consisting of part 
of Baggalen and Banyumas, and extending to Gowong in the East I obtained no 
notice of it in the Eastern provinces, or in the Priyangan Regencies. Judging from 
its general structure, as well as from its teeth and claws, it may be supposed to have 
habits similar to the Taira and llatel. 
