belongs, its entire length from the nose to the end of the tail being three feet ten inches, the tail measuring 
twenty-three inches ; the arm, hand and nails six inches ; the tarsus, toes and nail six inches and a half; 
the face from the tip of the nose to the ear four and a half inches, and the ear two inches. Of its flesh as 
an article of food I can speak most highly, having frequently partaken of it in the bush and always found it 
excellent. 
The fur is long and rather harsh to the touch ; its general colour is a dusky brown tinged with purple, 
passing into deep rusty red on the rump, the base of the tail, the hinder part of the thighs and the abdomen ; 
face dark grey ; along the face from the lip to the ear a dusky white mark ; a narrow dark line runs from 
the middle of the forehead nearly half way down the back ; shoulders and flanks vinous grey, separated 
from the general tint of the upper surface by an indistinct line of a lighter tint, scarcely to be distinguished 
in some specimens ; a narrow white line passes from the throat down the centre of the chest ; ears black, 
passing into grey at the base, and having in some specimens a band of rufous along the outer edge ; arms 
and hands, tarsi and feet rusty red, deepening into black on their extremities. 
The two sexes when adult are nearly alike in size and similar in colour. 
