3UE.T0TIS BRANT 3 I I :
(Mammalia -Plate 24*)
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EURYOTIS BRANTSII.—Smith.
Mammalia. —P late XXIY.
E. supra paffide isabellinus, nlgro-brunneo-penicUlatus; capitis oorporisque lateribus griseo-albis, brunueo-
peuicillatis; infra sordidb albus, subochreo-tinctus; pedibus isabeUinis; caud® dimidio proximo
nasique apice rufis; caudse dimidio ultimo brurmeo-rubro; dentibus inoisoribus flavis.
L ongitudo ab apice nasi ad basin cauda? 6 unc. 9 lin.; caucUe 3 unc. 9 lin.
E uryotis Brantsii, Smith.—South African Quarterly Journal, New Series, vol. i. page 150.
C o lo u r , &c .— The surface colour of the upper and lateral parts of the
head and body pale sienna-yellow, variegated with blackish or umber-brown
_the variegations abundant and resembling delicate streaks made by a
pencil. The sides of the head, neck, and body, are greyish-white pencilled
with umber-brown, and the chin, throat, and belly, greyish-white, with here
and there tints of cream-yellow. The extremities are pale cream-yellow
clouded with sienna-yellow. The point of the nose and the first half of the
tail are reddish-orange ; the last half of the latter brownish-red. The ears
externally and internally are a pale ochrey-yellow pencilled with black;
whiskers brownish-red. Incisors of upper jaw dull gallstone-yellow, lower
ones intermediate between saffron and sienna-yellow. Eyes blackish-brown;
nails a dark horn colour. The inner or concealed portion of the fur is of a
dull slate colour, darkest on and towards the back. The delicate variegations
arise from the hairs, individually, being blackish brown at the points and
sienna-yellow or greyish-white between the black and the slate colours.
F o rm , &e.—Figure squat; head rather large, above slightly convex, laterally
bulging, the muzzle rounded superiorly, laterally compressed; nose
pointed; nostrils circular and opening laterally ; upper lip anteriorly divided
by a vertical groove; whiskers long and slightly rigid; ears rather small,
fleshy, and semicircular; body robust; legs short and strong ; nails slightly
curved and pointed. Tail cylindrical, robust, and tapering from the base to
the point, at the base, closely covered with short rigid hair; towards the tip
the covering is less dense, admitting of the cuticular scales, which are
arranged in circular rings, being seen through i t ; the very tip of the tail