. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. FIG. 3. Pes and manus of Suncus hututsi (type, FMNH 148272). Description. Tail long (28-33 mm), dark brown above and below and covered with long bristle hairs between 45-65 % of its length (Fig. 2). Tail densely haired to tip. Color above is gray-black with dark bro- wn tips, bases grayish. Belly more gray, the colors of back and belly blending gradually at the flanks. Chin is the same color as venter. Pes with six plantar tu- bercles (Fig. 3). The proximal 25 % of the feet are furred, to the level of the last plantar tubercle. Dor- so-medial aspect
. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. FIG. 3. Pes and manus of Suncus hututsi (type, FMNH 148272). Description. Tail long (28-33 mm), dark brown above and below and covered with long bristle hairs between 45-65 % of its length (Fig. 2). Tail densely haired to tip. Color above is gray-black with dark bro- wn tips, bases grayish. Belly more gray, the colors of back and belly blending gradually at the flanks. Chin is the same color as venter. Pes with six plantar tu- bercles (Fig. 3). The proximal 25 % of the feet are furred, to the level of the last plantar tubercle. Dor- so-medial aspect of pes more light in color due to being less densely haired. Forepaws light (sparsely hai- red), especially sparsely haired at wrist. Manus with 6 palmar tubercles (Fig. 3). Female with three even- ly spaced inguinal teats per side (Fig. 2). Last pair lightly circled with ring of hair. Lateral glands in male imperceptibly marked by small patch of dark ( den- sely haired) brown hairs. Feet dark due to dense hair; forepaws lighter due to less dense hair. Flead dorso- ventrally compressed with vibrissae up to 11 mm in length (Fig. 4). External measurements are presented in Table 1. Lower incisor without notches. Coronoid process of mandible low. M3 large and well developed, ap- proaching 'N-shape' (stage 4 of Freeman 1981; C66 p. 16). Maxilla broad. Upper tooth row short. Second unicuspid large, sub equal to the third in size. Fourth upper unicuspid reduced but still 1/3 the size of third. Braincase of moderate breadth. Upper tooth row of moderate length. Parastyle of P4 not projecting an- teriorly, not obscuring 4th unicuspid in lateral view. Cranio-dental measurements are presented in Table 2. Variation. With hesitation, we tentatively refer larger specimens including one from Burundi and two from DR Congo to the new taxon. The large specimen from Bururi Forest (FMNH 155925; depicted in Fig. 5 and Fig. 6), southern Burundi, is light brownish above and below, in contrast to a
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