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and found it far from disagreeable. Mantles and sleeping rugs are made

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frequently eaten its flesh myself, me
of its skin, but, as I have mentioned in my account of P. fulginosa, are not considered so valuable as those
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made from the skin of that animal.
A very elaborate account, by Mr. Martin, of the internal anatomy of a female of this species will he
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found in the “ Proceedings of the Zoological Society above quoted.

Fur long, loose, and moderately soft ; general colour grey, the visible portions of the hairs being pan
black and partly white ; fur of the back of a somewhat deeper hue than on the sides, owing to a plentiful
interspersion of long black hairs; muzzle and chin blackish, the former pale near the tip, and the naked
muffle of a whitish flesh-colour; eyes encircled with blackish hairs; skin of the imner surface of the ears

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brownish-pink, with a few scattered pale-coloured hairs; outer surface of the ear, excepting near the point

and a narrow space along the anterior margin, clothed with a dense and moderately long fur, which is white
at the posterior angle and towards the apex, but black elsewhere ; the hairs of the moustaches are long,
numerous and black, and there are a few long bristly black hairs springing from above the eyes; throat,
under surface of the body, and inner side of the limbs pale buffy-yellow, with a large oblong patch of deep
rust-coloured hairs along the chest; feet yellowish-white, suffused with brown on the toes; naked soles

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flesh-coloured ; claws dusky; tail clothed at the root like the body; beyond, the fur is more bushy, of a
harsher character, and black, the last inch or so being in some instances white; the extreme point of the
tail, and the apical half of the under surface are naked.

The figure represents the animal rather under the size of life.