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MACROPODID/E. 
exposed portion entirely black. The fur on the belly is pole 
grey next the skin, and dirty white externally; the fore and 
hind feet are brown, but greyish above, excepting on the toes; 
the ears are densely clothed with brown hairs, excepting at 
margin, where they are black. 
or 11 
early 
SO. 
Adult Male. 
Inches. 
Lines. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length from nose to root of tail ... 
15 
6 
15 
0 
u of tail, about . 
7 
0 
8 
6 
44 from nose to ear 
3 
2 
44 of ear .». . 
1 
1 
44 of fore-arm, hand, and 
□ails, about ... ... 
2 
8 
44 of tarsus . 
3 
7 
3 
2 
44 of outer toe and nail 
8 
Outer toe short of central one ... 
8 
Length of central toe and nail ... 
1 
3 
44 of inner toes . 
6* 
Inner toe short of central one (i.e. 
from tip of nail of central toe to 
end of nails of the joined inner 
toes) 
The skull of Hyps ip rym n us Gilbert ii closely resembles 
that of H. murintis , os will be seen by comparing figures 
1 and 3 of Plate 8; but the former differs in having the 
muzzle broader, caused by the greater convexity of the facial 
parts of the superior and intermaxillary bones, and the nasal 
cavity is therefore more expanded: the molar teeth are also 
smaller; the premolar in H . Gilbertii is but little longer than 
the foremost true molar, whilst in H. murium it is equal in 
length to the first true molar tooth, added to that of the 
second. 
Female. 
Total leugth of skull 
Inches. Lines. 
3 3 
Width . 
. 1 6) 
Length of nasal bones 
1 5* 
Width of ditto nt the base 
b* 
3 
44 ncai the apex 
