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Pale grey, with a bright rufous tinge ; base of the hairs dark lead-colour ; 
slightly varied with black on the hinder part of the back ; cheeks, middle 
of throat, abdomen, inner sides of limbs and feet whitish ; ears large, 
hairy, rounded ; claws black. On rocky hills near Baker’s tomb, at about 
6000 or 8000 feet elevation. This is easily known from all the other 
Old World species, by its pale colour and rufous tinge. 
Hodgson procured another species from the snowy region of Nepal, 
on the border of the Holy Lake, out of which the Trisal Ganga flows. 
He calls it Lagomys nepalensis ; and gives the following character of 
it : — “ with broad, rounded, nudish ears, nearly half the length of the 
head ; soles nude on the termino-digital balls only, and soft equable fur, 
which is dark bay from the snout to waist, and rufescently freckled black 
thence to the vent ; below and the limbs paler bay ; snout to vent 7 
inches; head 2; ears palm (with nail) planta (with nail) 1|.” 
The female is similar, but smaller. Hodgson himself does not deny the 
possibility that this species may be identical with L. Roylei (Ann. x. 
p, 76), 
EDENTATA. 
Ruppell gave, in the Mus. Senck. p. 138, an exact descrip- 
tion and sketch of a rare species of Sloth in that collection, 
which he named Brady pus gularis. 
It is identical with Wagler’s B. cuculligeVy and belongs to the north- 
eastern parts of Brazil and Guiana. The geographical distribution of 
two other species has been now fixed by the journeys of Spix and Nat- 
terer. B. infuscatus, Wagl., inhabits the north-west part of South 
America; the B. ct^, Wagl. (B. tridactylus, Cuv., Neuw.) inhabits, on 
the other hand. South Brazil. 
Lund and Owen have simultaneously proved, that the assumption of 
Megatherium having a mail-covering is incorrect. Lund’s essay is, in 
the meanwhile, only communicated in a short notice in the Oversigt over 
det K. danske Vidensk. Selsk. forh. i. Aaret. 1841, p. 161. He remarks, 
that he has placed his genus Platyonyx (which he has separated from 
Megalonyx), next the Sloths, for he is of opinion, that the type of the 
organization of these animals, as well as of the Megalonyx and Mega- 
therium is the same, and consequently, that they have no covering of 
mail. 
Owen’s description of a tooth and part of the skeleton of the Glyp- 
todon clavipes (Transact of the Geol. Soc. of London, vi. p. 81), is one 
of the best works which has appeared on Palaeontology during the 
preceding year. He brings forward evidence, that the fossil pieces of 
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