MACROSCELIDES IN T U F I S m it h .
M am m a lia .— P l a t e XII.
M. capitc, dorso, lateribusquc pallide subochreis, nigro parce penicillatis ; subtus albus, flavo-umbratus;
cauda ochre&, bmnneo penicillatd; cruribus fulvo-albis; oculis subnigris.
Longitudo corporis cum capite unc. ; caudse 4 unc.
Macroscelides intufi.—Rep. of Exped. App. June, 1836.
Colour.- - TIu; surface-colour of the upper and lateral parts of the head and
of the hack, and the sides of the body, is intermediate between sienna and
cream-yellow, the tint being slightly broken by the presence of a number of
black hairs which are intermixed with the fu r; the upper lip, ring round the
eye, and all the under parts white, with here and there a faint yellowish tin t;
legs pale rusty white. Tail as if pencilled’ sienna-yellow and dark-brown.
The fur on the anterior surface of the ears, and the tuft in front of the meatus
auditorius white, the down coating the outer surface of the ears sienna-yellow;
proboscis rusty white ; eyes almost black; whiskers black, a few of the bristles
whitish towards base; the nails a dark horn colour. On the upper and lateral
parts of the head and body the fur below the surface is a dull slate colour, and
the same tint is just discernible, close to the skin, upon such parts as are
described to be white at the surface.
F orm , &c.—Figure rather slender ; proboscis robust, and considerably
thicker at the base than the apex; eyes large and situated much nearer to the
ears than to the base of the proboscis ; ears erect, long, broad at their base,
but much narrower towards the tips, which are rounded, each has a considerable
emargination in its outer or hinder margin about the middle; their
inner surfaces towards the outer margins are coated with short fur, elsewhere
nearly bare; their outer surfaces have a very thin sprinkling of short fur.
Tail rather slender, slightly thicker at the base than the apex, and closely
covered with short rigid hairs ; inner toe of hinder extremities but little
removed from the other toes. Fur rather short, slightly harsh, and rather