Vol. XV, pp. 173-175 August 6, 1902 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



TWO NEW MALAYAN MOUSE DEER. 



BY GERRIT S. MILLER, Jr. 



The series of Mouse Deer in the United States National 

 Museum contains two hitherto undescribed forms, one from the 

 Malay Peninsula, the other from Borneo. They may be named 

 and defined as follows: 



Tragulus ravus sp. nov. 



Type. — Immaluref female (skin and skull) No. 83.50G United States 

 National Museum. Collected in Trong, Lower Siam, September G, 189G, 

 by Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



Characters. — A member of the hancMlX group resembling Tragulus 

 pallidus from Pulo Laut, North Natuna Islands, but larger, the general 

 color less pallid, legs more red, and dark nape stripe less well defined. 



Color. — Back and sides ochraceous buff heavily clouded by the black- 

 ish hair tips, so that the general effect is a yellowish gray, darker on 

 back and shoulders, where black is distinctly in excess, noticeably 

 lighter on sides. Legs, except for the usual white markings, ochraceous, 



*Published here by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. 



f Uterus contained a full grown fetus. Milk premolars still in place, 

 though very much worn. 



:}:For use of this name see Stone and Rehn, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philadelphia, 1902, pp. 128-131. June 4. 1902. 



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