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Show 796 MR. W. T. BLANFORD ON THE [N sometimes quite as long or a little longer. Fur of moderate length in general, not so long and ragged as in P. niger. In the skull the bony palate not produced behind. Muzzle decidedly shorter than it usually is in P. niger, and zygomatic arches as a rule stronger. Upper sectorial and molars larger, the former with a much larger internal lobe, and with the inner margin (from the inner to the hinder lobe) nearly or quite straight. Fig. 2. Half palate and dentition of P. hermaphroditus. (Spec. no. B.M. 81.12.2.3.) Colour brownish grey, occasionally ashy. Underfur, when present, brownish, the longer hairs light brown or grey, with occasionally black tips, but these are not as a rule greatly developed, though some Bornean specimens have long sooty-brown terminations. The back is generally more or less distinctly striped with black longitudinally, the number of stripes varying, and the lateral bands being often replaced by rows of spots. The feet, the greater part of the legs, and the terminal portion of the tail black, the tip of the latter occasionally white. Usually there is a distinct broad whitish or grey band across the forehead and in front of the ears, and this band is not divided by longitudinal black streaks, though occasionally there is one in the middle, and others running upwards from the eyes. The muzzle in front of and including the eyes, the top of the head, ears, and sides of neck are dark brown or sooty black, but generally a whitish spot can be detected below the eye, and this sometimes is joined to the frontal band. The markings are very variable, and occasionally either the dorsal stripes, or the pale frontal band, or both are scarcely perceptible *. Vibrissae black, the lowest occasionally white near the base. i A remarkable variety from Mergui entirely destitute of markings is noticed in a note to p. 791. |