VOL. XIX, PP. 25-28 FEBRUARY 26, 1906 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THK 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



TWO NEW CARNIVORES FROM THE MALAY 



PENINSULA. 

 BY GERRIT S. MILLER, JR. 



Among the mammals collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott on the 

 Malay Peninsula and presented to the United States National 

 Museum are the following carnivores, neither of which appears 

 to have been hitherto described. 



Arctogalidia major sp. nov. 



Tt/t><'. Young adult male* (skin and skull), No. 83,510, United States 

 National Museum. Collected in Trong, Lower Siam, September 3, 1896, by 

 Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



Characters. A black-eared, heavily striped animal like the Bornean 

 Arctogalidin stigmdiica, but differing from this species as well as from the 

 white-eared, indistinctly striped A. leucotis of the Malay Peninsula, in its 

 larger size ; basilar length of skull about 110 mm. instead of about 95- 

 105 mm. 



Color. General color a light broccoli-brown, with a silvery gloss on back 

 and a distinct wash of ochraceous-buff on sides of hody and outer surface 

 of legs, this wash particularly noticeable on neck. Underparts dull, gray 

 ish ochraceous-buff. Ears, feet, and terminal half of tail black. Muzzle 

 and a distinct area behind and above ear black. Crown and cheeks a 

 clear grizzled gray contrasting slightly with more yellowish neck. Dorsal 

 stripes clear black and well defined, the lateral extending forward to dark 

 area behind ear. Basal half of tail like back, but crossed by faint though 

 evident blackish transverse bands nearly 10 mm. wide. Ten of these 

 bands can be counted ; they then become confused and crowded, merging 

 quickly into black terminal area. 



Skull and Teeth. As compared with that of a slightly older male Arcto- 

 galid'nt stigmaiica from near Sandakan, Borneo, the skull differs in its 

 noticeably more robust form. Although only about 3.5 mm. more in greatest 



* Permanent dentition in place but unworn ; sutures of rostrum and' braincase plainly 

 visible. 



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