HERPESTES BADIUS. Smith. 
Mammalia. — Plate IV. (Female.) 
H. Wi „„ - P*o„ ,a f«lvum Joili, CA»d*,«. PUU — .» el — — • 
caudee apice nigro ; oculis rubris. 
^3:r::,“ P p. x r * *- 
CoLoum-Above blight bay and limbs and 
tx :: it 
slightly variegated by a fine p ^ colours in addition to 
least most of the hairs being annulated with tl ie«Uo ^ ^ ^ ^ hairs 
the bay which is the prevailing tint. o' ... f brown is greater; 
are marked after the same fashion, only the quanUQ ' ». dark 
whiskers black. Ears coloured like the body; eyes ted, 
horn colour. ■ 
Form, &c.-Figure very slender; length; nails 
slender towards the muzzle ; eais very » , hea( j j t is short, on the 
nearly straight. The hair is slight ^sterior portion of the back, outer 
body considerably longer, an ^ . on some places measuring fully 
surface of the thighs and the tai i is 0 ^ though long, this part of the 
three inches. On the tail it is ai c o , t j ie ears the hair is very short, 
animal is nevertheless moderately f enA f. 
and on their posterior surfaces is almost wanting. 
dimensions. 
Inches. Lines. 
Distance between the point of the nose 
and the eye 0 
between the eye and the upper 
Inches. Lines. 
Length from the tip of the nose to the ^ 
root of the tail 
12 4 
of the tail 
Height at the shoulder 
10 
extremity of the ear 0 
10 
