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Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon

by Robert A. Sterndale

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No. 84 Vesperugo Tickelli

Habitat.—Chybassa, Jashpur, and Sirguja.

Description.—Head broad and flat; labial glands developed; ears moderate, rounded above; outer edge straight, emarginate opposite base of tragus, terminating in a small lobe; tragus lunate; tail long; last vertebra free. The face is more clad with fur than in other species of this genus; fur of the body pale, straw brown above, pale buff beneath. For a fuller description and illustration, see Dobson’s Monograph.

Size.—Head and body, 1·65 inch; tail, 2 inches.

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