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to 6y 2 inches, of the hind foot from 1% to 1% inches. This 
Squirrel was first taken in the mountains east of Moulmein, 
southern Burma, between 5000 and 6000 feet above sea-level. 
A number of forms of D. rufigenis are known. Northwest of 
the type region, Tenasserim, are several races : D. r. adamsoni 
Fig. 52. Long-nosed Squirrel, Dremomys rufigenis bclfieldi. 
from Maymo, Burma; far to the north, D. r. ornatus of Yun- 
nan, Tonkin, and northern Laos, D. r. lentus of Szechwan, and 
D. r. pyrrhomerus of the Yangtse Valley; southward, in Selan- 
gor, Malay Peninsula, D. r. bclfieldi; and east and northeast, 
D. r. laomache in Laos, D. r. fuscas in central Annam, D. r. 
gularis in Tonkin from 5000 to 8000 feet, and D. r. opimus in 
Ichang, Yangtse Valley, China. Dremomys r. riudonensis occurs 
on Hainan Island. 
The Malayan race, D. r. belfieldi (Fig. 52) is a beautiful little 
animal, olive-brown, with white underparts and the bases of the 
ears white; the top of the tail is dark brown, its underside 
