CHRYSOCHLORIS VILLOSA.— Smith. 
Mammalia. — Plate IX. 
C. supra lucide flavo-brunnea ; corporis lateribus, partibus infcrioribusque griseo-brunneis, labiis, mentc 
strigaque ex angulo oris porrccta albis ; unguibus flavo-albis ; vellere yilloso. 
Longitcdo 5 anc. 
Cijrysociiloris villosa, Smith, South African Quarterly Journal, New Series, Vol. I. page 81, 1833 
Colour. — Above shining yellowish brown, iaintly brindled with a daik 
brown, each hair is slate-coloured towards and at the base, yellowis l rowi 
in the middle, and brown at the point ; sides of body and belly greyis l 
brown. Upper and lower lips, chin, and a well marked oblique stripe 
between the angle of the mouth and the sides ot the neck yellowish w ite, 
the latter in particular slightly pencilled with brown ; upper suilace o 
snout flesh-coloured ; nails yellowish white. 
Form. — Typical ; muzzle rather elongated, semicircular at the apex, at 
tened above, and for some distance behind the point is denuded of fur, t e 
bare space is nearly semicircular. Body rather massive; fur long and rigit 
its length great when compared with that of the other South African species 
of the genus. The outermost claw of the fore foot strong and consit era y 
curved, the second smaller, the third delicate and short ; all the c aw so 
hinder feet long, slender, and but slightly curved. No eyes visi e. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length from the tip of the nose to 
the angle of the mouth 
0 
Length of the hinder legs ® 
C 
6 
Inches. Lines. 
Length of the outer claw of the fore 
foot 0 6 
Total length of the animal 5 0 
Height 2 3 
The genus Ckrysochloru, as far as we yet know, is purely an African form; and until the 
discovery of the present animal it contained only two spec.es When 
became known it formed a third species, and latterly a fourth has been desc, .bed by . g y, 
under the name of CL Bumare.si, ,-* all four are nat.v.s of South Afnca. The two spec.es 
* Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London for 1838, page 5. 
