_D. vellere brevi, corporis suprà cinereo, flavo lavato; lateribus
capitis, corporisque, et partibus inferioribus rufescenti-flavis,
gulâ et abdomine pallidioribus; caudâ brevi._
DESCRIPTION.—Head large; canine teeth very large; ears rather small;
tail short; rather more than half the length of the body; fur
short and crisp; the back and upper surface of the head ashy gray,
grizzled with yellowish white; the sides of the head and body, and
under parts rusty yellow, rather paler on the belly than on other
parts, and of a deeper hue on the rump and cheeks; the eye is
encircled with rusty yellow; feet yellowish; tail clothed with
short stiff hairs, and exhibiting scales, brownish above, and
dirty yellowish white beneath—a small naked space beneath, at the
tip, of about two lines in length. Fur of the back grayish at the
base, that on the belly uniform; ears clothed with minute
yellowish white hairs.
In. Lines.
Length from nose to the root of tail 6 0
from nose to ears 1 6
of tail 2 8
of tarsus (claws included) 0 8¾
of ear 0 3¾