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and the tarsi are short and stout: on the fore half of the body 
tlio hairs of the fur are short, stitf, and very closely applied 
to tho skin; those on the neck, both above and below, are 
directed forwards, nml towards tho sides, slightly outwards ; 
immediately behind the shoulders the lmirs on either side of 
tho body are directed inwards, and tho points, meeting in tho 
iniddlo lino of the back, form a little crest: on other purls 
the hairs have tho usunl direction —those on the back urc 
of a very pale grey at the root ; each hair is then brown, and 
this colour is followed by a ring of white, which is shaded 
through rust colour into black: on the chin, throat, and chest, 
the hairs arc uniformly white to the root, and on the abdomen 
they are nearly so, being but slightly tinted with grev at the 
root. 
The remaining two specimens in the Paris Museum are 
females, and are of a smaller size than the male just described ; 
they, moreover, have the fore legs much smaller and more 
slender, and the tarsi less stout. The fur of the neck is soft, 
loose, and nearly erect ; the white huirs of the throat and 
chest differ likewise in being tinted with pale grey at the root, 
like those of the abdomen. The body is rusty brown above, 
freely pencilled with black, and rusty white ; tho bnck of the 
neck and shoulders are of a bright rusty red colour, and so 
are the flanks, though here of a paler hue : a rusty white 
mark crosses the haunches: the cars are grey externally, ns 
well as the occipital portion of the head; the muzzle is 
brownish; the fore-arms pule yellowish grey, the hands pale 
brown, and the tarsi of a deeper brown ; die tail is sparingly 
clothed with short stiff hairs, which have a general grey tint; 
on the under parts die lmirs are of a dirty yellow colour. 
In tins species the front of the muzzle is naked, but the 
small hairs extend on to the hinder part, so as nearly to form 
a simicircle, numing downwards, or forwards, on each side 
fiom the posterior angle of the nostril opening: there is also 
