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rather short, and has a somewhat shaggy appearance, espe¬ 
cially about the head; its general colour is of a very deep 
slate-grey, obscurely suffused with brownish; the tarsi are 
brown behind, and gradually shaded into black on the fore 
part; the toes black, and the fore feet and wrists are also 
black; the upper side of the fore arm is brownish ; the hind 
legs somewhat sooty, but pale on the inner side, especially near 
the heel; the head is nearly uniform in colour with the body, 
but slightly suffused with blackish at the tip of the muzzle 
on each side; a narrow white line is observed round the 
angle of the mouth ; the lower lip is white, and there is a 
black patch on the chin ; the throat and fore part of the neck 
are whitish; the under parts of the body are a trifle paler 
than the upper parts : the tail is brown above, and pale- 
brown beneath. The hairs on the back are of a palish slate- 
grey next the skin, and tinted with brownish externally, and 
the ends of the hairs on the outer side of the thighs are slightly 
suffused with a purplish rust tint. 
The female is much smaller than the male, and lias the 
limbs less powerfully formed ; its colour is much paler, being 
silvery-grey; on the back is a faint purplish-brown hue; the 
abdomen is nearly white; the cheeks are greyish-white; on 
the chin is a dusky patch; the tail is dirty white, slightly 
tinted with brownish on the upper side ; the legs paler than 
the body; the fore feet brown, but with the toes nearly black; 
the hind feet are pale, and the toes are brown-black. 
Length from tip of nose to root of tail 
Male. 
In. lines. 
49 6 
Female. 
In. Lines. 
40 0 
ii 
of tail ... 
34 
6 
30 
0 
• i 
from nose to ear . 
8 
0 
7 
0 
ii 
of ear ... ... ... 
3 
7 
3 
0 
ii 
of fore arm, hands, and claws 
13 
G 
10 
6 
ii 
of tarsus and toes, including 
the nails ... . 
12 
0 
10 
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Mr. Gould first described this animal as a member of the 
