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situation of the rudimentary metacarpal bone beneath 1 . The 
fore foot is provided with a remarkably large and prominent 
tubercle on the under side of the wrist, immediately behind 
which some long and bristly hairs have their origin. 
I have before me very copious notes made upon a line male 
specimen of the present species, which had lived for a con¬ 
siderable time in the menagerie of die Zoological Society; 
from these 1 have already made some extracts; I will now 
add the dimensions taken immediately 
after its 
death in 
December, 1839. 
Inches. Lints. 
Length from tip of nose to root of tail 
. . 15 
0 
*' from nose to ear 
3 
0 
4 * of ear ... 
1 
6 
" of tail ... ... ... .. . 
8 
6 
“ of fore foot and toes (the nails not 
included) 
1 
t 
(or, with the nails) ... ... . 
1 
14 of hind foot and toes ... 
2 
8 
of ditto, including the nails ... . 
2 
ioi 
Circumference of the body at the chest 
8 
6 
Height of the animal at the shoulders, about 
6 
0 
Such are the characters of the black variety of our animal, 
which is the D. viverrinus of audiors; I will now briefly 
notice the grey variety. 
Dasyurwr Maugei. Gkoffroy. 
The general colour of die fur is here greyish, but much 
sulFused with yellow. Each hair of die ordinary fur on the 
upper purls of the body is of a pule grey colour at the root, 
1 In D. maculatus (and no doubt in D. Geojfroyi and D. hallueatut), 
where a small inner toe is visible, the skeleton of the foot presents not only 
the inner metatarsal bone, but this is provided with the ordinary two 
phalanges. 
