Edinburgh journal of natural history Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences edinburghjournal01macg Year: 1835 AND OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES. 119 edf'e. Of the two molares, the anterior is much larger ; both are similar in form, trans- verse, with two external tubercles, one internal, and a projecting margin. In the lower jaw the incisors are smaller, rounded, with an external lateral process, the two outer considerably larger. Canini close to the incisors, smaller than those above, and more curved. Of the laniarii the first is very small, rounded, with a pos- terior
Edinburgh journal of natural history Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences edinburghjournal01macg Year: 1835 AND OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES. 119 edf'e. Of the two molares, the anterior is much larger ; both are similar in form, trans- verse, with two external tubercles, one internal, and a projecting margin. In the lower jaw the incisors are smaller, rounded, with an external lateral process, the two outer considerably larger. Canini close to the incisors, smaller than those above, and more curved. Of the laniarii the first is very small, rounded, with a pos- terior shoulder; the rest nearly equal, with anterior and posterior shoulders, the last one with two posterior. The next tooth, which is the largest, combines the two forms, its anterior part being sharp-edged with two points, the posterior, lower, with four unequal tubercles. The first grinder has four tubercles, and the last, which is very small, has three. The fur is rather soft, pretty close, longish, and consists of a fine woolly covering, and long hairs of a stifGsh texture ; the tail bushy ; the hair of the limbs and face short; the soles covered with hair, excepting the tuberculous eminences on which they have been worn. The general colour is yellowish-red, pure on the sides of the neck and chest, and lower sides of the abdomen, mixed with white hairs on the shoulders, thighs, upper flank, sacral region, and tail. The snout and lips are blackish ; the inner surface and edges of the ears whitish, outer part of the ear pure black. Tail pale greyish-yellow, the tips of the hairs brownish-black, its extremity white to the length of about three inches. Lower part of the cheeks, fore part of the neck, lower surface of the body, inner thighs, pudic region, a narrow line down the fore part of the leg, and the hind and inner part of the fore legs, greyish-white. Fore part of all the feet, brownish- black, that colour extending from the toes to near the cubital and knee-joints; hair of
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