frequently eaten its flesh myself, and found it far from disagreeable. Mantles and sleeping rugs are made 
of its skin, but, as I have mentioned in my account of P. faliginosa, are not considered so valuable as those 
made from the skin of that animal. 
A very elaborate account, by Mr. Martin, of the internal anatomy of a female of this species will be 
found in the “ Proceedings of the Zoological Society ” above quoted. 
Fur long, loose, and moderately soft ; general colour grey, the visible portions of the hairs being partly 
black and partly white ; fur of the back of a somewhat deeper hue than on the sides, owing to a plentiful 
interspersion of long black hairs ; muzzle and chin blackish, the former pale near the tip, and the naked 
muffle of a whitish flesh-colour ; eyes encircled with blackish hairs ; skin of the inner surface of the ears 
brownish-pink, with a few scattered pale-coloured hairs ; outer surface of the ear, excepting near the point 
and a narrow space along the anterior margin, clothed with a dense and moderately long fur, which is white 
at the posterior angle and towards the apex, but black elsewhere ; the hairs of the moustaches are long, 
numerous and black, and there are a few long bristly black hairs springing from above the eyes ; throat, 
under surface of the body, and inner side of the limbs pale buffy-yellow, with a large oblong patch of deep 
rust-coloured hairs along the chest ; feet yellowish-white, suffused with brown on the toes ; naked soles 
flesh-coloured ; claws dusky ; tail clothed at the root like the body ; beyond, the fur is more bushy, of a 
harsher character, and black, the last inch or so being in some instances white ; the extreme point of the 
tail, and the apical half of the under surface are naked. 
The figure represents the animal rather under the size of life. 
