SCIENTIFIC RESULTS FROM THE MAMMAL SURVEY. 401 



The fnr is short, moderately thick and frequently rather spiny. 

 The general dorsal colour is dull, near " Front's brown" or umber, 

 lined with black ; the belly is sharply contrasted with the flanks, 

 pure white or cream in colour, and frequently developes a median 

 pectoral longitudinal stripe of slate tint. The feet are light yellow- 

 ish brown, more or less darkened above by dusky markings. The 

 tail is unicoloured, dark brown, and averages about 108 ^1^ of 

 the head and body length. The mammas are visible in 26 of the 

 females ; of these 8 only show the full formula of 3-3-12, 9 

 show 11, and 9 show 2-3-10; the variation is confined to the 

 pectoral region, one of the post-axillary pairs being in course of 

 redviction. 



The following are the dimensions of the more important speci- 

 mens : — 



10 Mar. 1914 180—177—36 -23-5 6 oz. Teuasse- 



rim Town. 

 „ 173—191—35.5-21-5 6 „ 

 „ 169—183—33 —19 

 ,, 168—179—32 —20 

 „ 158—168—32 —21 

 1913189— —35 —23 

 ,^ 156— 177— 33-5-21-5 

 ^, 172—177—34-5-21 

 „ 161—181—35 —22 



Tha 



get. 



', 



Bankachon. 



oz. 



Victoria 

 Point. 



172—161—33 —21 4f 



162—188—34 —21 

 160—183—33-5-20 3 

 160—176—34 —21 

 176—192—34 —22 4; 

 168—188—34 —21 

 188—216—34 —23-5 

 17.1_200— 37-5— 23 Victoria Island. 

 184—200—38—21 5^ oz. „ 

 167— —34— 20-5 

 172—181-34—21 



157—169—33-1-20.8 

 % of head and body :_100— 108— 2M— 13-2 



The skull resembles that of B. r. khyensis in most respects in- 

 cluding the size of the bullas ; it differs merely in being a little 

 longer and narrower (see part III, table II (e) ). 



Remarks : — Mr. Shortridge (/. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, xxiii., 

 p. 715) states that he found this animal plentiful everywhere in 

 Tenasserim, particularly around houses or near cultivation. He 

 also called attention to the usually short tails and to the irregular 

 number of the pectoral mammas. 



Average of 59 adults : — 



