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Males are usually larger than females.
There is a dark ring around the eye and a dark patch in the middle of the forehead. The ears are relatively large. The fur is long, soft, and fine, with few guard hairs except on the back and rump. More than the basal half of the very long tail is fawn-colored, then the hairs increase in length, and the terminal third is covered with long brown or black hairs. The upper third of the limbs is furred like the body, while the remaining two-thirds is covered by short, fine, white fur.