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of carrying it on the back as a plume ; but in some 
other particulars it is assimilated to the msectivora ; 
and in others, again, to the lemurs ; so that it ap- 
pears to be intermediate, and connected with at 
least three distinct genera. 
The doctor observes of it, “ although tupaia has 
been placed among the insectivores, its arrangement 
in a natural system requires further consideration. 
It is necessary, for this purpose, that we should be 
more fully acquainted with its internal structure, 
and with its manners and habits, than we are at 
present ; for although in certain characters it ap- 
proaches near to the genera sorex and mygale 
(desman) among the insectivores, yet in others it 
strikingly resembles tarsius among the quadrumanes, 
and withal it is marked by the external form and 
appearance of a squirrel.” 
The upper part of the body and head of this animal 
are brown, slightly diversified with gray, of different 
shades ; the lower parts are dirty white, with a slight 
tint of grayish ; the tail agrees with the back ; and 
the snout appears, by the figure, to have a reddish 
tint. 
The head and body are a little more than eight 
inches long, and the tail is of the same length, but 
much less bushy than that of the squirrel. The 
snout is much attenuated, the ears are very large, 
and the nails very much compressed and strong. 
But little of the habits and manners of this animal 
appear to be as yet known. Dr. Horsfield was in- 
