Except in colour, it had all the characteristics of Presbytes cephalopterus.
"Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon"
J. Emerson Tennent
Emerson Tennent also mentions one that was brought to him taken between Ambepasse and Kornegalle, where they were said to be numerous; except in colour it had all the characteristics of P. cephalopterus.
"Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon"
Robert A. Sterndale