NESOKTA BACHEET. 
287 
rigid than the general fur, and projecting out beyond it, and especially so on the rump. 
The sides of the face, the lower part of the limbs, and the under parts are a greyish 
yellow or yellowish white, passing gradually on the sides into the colour of the back. 
The skin of the feet above is yellowish, sparsely covered with short brownish hairs. 
The specimen from the Dead Sea (British Museum No. 64.8.17.28), in alcohol, the 
measurements of which are given below, ditfers only from the Suez specimens in its 
greater size. 
The clitoris of the female is of the same size and shape as the male organ. Mammm, 
two pairs inguinal, two axillary. 
Measurements taken from specimens preserved in alcohol. 
Shaluf. 
Dead Sea. 
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6. 
3. 
$. 
3. 
mm. 
mm. 
mm. 
mm. 
Snout to vent. 
185 
173 
168 
205 
Vent to tip of tail. 
124 
125 
112 
130 
Breadth of head before ears .... 
31 
30 
29 
„ across snout. 
15 
13 
13-5 
Base of upper margin of conch to eye . 
20 
18 
18 
23 
Eye (ant. angle) to tip of snout . . 
23 
20 
20 
22-5 
Height of ear, anterior border . . . 
19 
18 
18-2 
20 
,, „ from notch .... 
21 
21 
20 
21-5 
Breadth of ear. 
16 
15 
14’5 
15'5 
Length of hind foot without claw . . 
36‘5 
37-3 
33-5 
38 
Forearm and hand . 
54 
53 
46 
53 
Length of head. 
53-5 
53 
49 
Breadth of upper incisors together 
... 
5 
5 
5 
Measurements of skulls. 
Shaluf. 
Dead Sea. 
3. 
cJ imm. 
d. 
mm. 
mm. 
mm. 
Greatest length . . . 
• i • 
45 
36 
47 
,, breadth. 
28 
24 
29-5 
Breadth of brain-case ...... 
19 
18 
20-5 
Temporal constriction. 
7 
6-5 
7-5 
Length of nasals. 
15 
12-5 
15 
Basal length. 
43 
33-5 
44 
Length of palate ....... 
24 
19-3 
25-2 
Incisive foramina . . . 
6-5 
6 
7 
!Molar series (alveolar)...... 
9-3 
9-3 
10-5 
}, „ (masticatory) .... 
8 
7’5 
8 
