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III. Members combining the characters of Section II mth those 

 of the next or typical section. The tail is long, the skull has a short 

 stubby rostrum and inflated brain case, like that of Section II, but the 

 teeth do not have unusually developed central upper incisors and 

 lower canines. General coloration olivaceous above, light below. 

 Number of mammae unlaiown. Contains but one group. 



1. Gracilis group. Characters as above. 

 Tupaia gracilis gracilis, Borneo, page 117. 

 Tupaia gracilis inflata, Banka Billiton, pi. 10, fig. 2, page 118. 

 Tupaia gracilis edarata, Karimata Island, page 118. 



IV. This section contains the great majority of the members of the 

 genus, the tail is not unusually elongated, the skull has the typical 

 form as in Section I, but the teeth do not show the peculiarity of 

 enlarged central upper incisors and lower canines. Size large or 

 mediiun, never small. Coloration various. Mammae, 1-3 pairs. 

 Contains eight fairly well-defhied groups. 



1. Cliinensis group. Color generally grayish or olivaceous, with- 

 out characteristic marks or bright colors; mammae, 3-3 = 6. 



Tupaia cliinensis, Southern China, Siam, pi. 8, fig. 1, page 63. 

 Tupaia concolor, Anam, page 68. 

 Tupaia modesta, Hainan, page 69. 

 Tupaia dissimilis, Pulo Condore, pi. 1, page 67. 

 Tupaia belangeri. Northern Malay Peninsula and southern Burma, 

 pi. 8, fig. 2, page 59. 



2. Mollendorfi group. General coloration grayish or ochraceous 

 without characteristic marks or bright colors, teeth approaching those 

 of the javanica group, section I; mammae, 2-2 = 4. 



Tupaia cuyonis, Cuyo Island, Philippines, pi. 9, fig. 1, page 82. 

 Tupaia mbllendorfii, Culion Island, Philippines, page 81. 

 Tupaia palawanensis, Palawan Island, Philippines, page 78. 



3. Ferruginea or Glis group. General coloration dark ferruginous, 

 tail various but never clear below except in T. demissa; mammae, 

 2-2 = 4. For convenience this group may be divided into 2 sub- 

 groups, the extremes of which are different enough, but the 2 sub- 

 groups practically merge into one another. 



a. Ferruginea subgroup, typically ferruginous : 



Tupaia glis ferruginea, Sumatra, southern ]\Ialay Peninsula, 



pi. 3, fig. 4; pi. 8 fig. 6, page 41. 

 Tupaia glis glis, Penang Island, pi. 8, fig. 8, page 45. 

 Tupaia glis batamana, Batam Island, pi. 8, fig. 9, page 46. 

 Tupaia glis sordida, Tioman Island, pi. 9, fig. 8, page 48. 

 Tupaia glis pemangilis, Pemangil Island, page 48. 

 Tupaia glis pulonis, Aor Island, page 47. 

 Tupaia phseura, Sinkep Island, pi. 9, fig. 7, page 49. 

 Tupaia tephrura, Batu Islands, pi. 8, fig. 7, page 50. 

 Tupaia demissa, Sumatra, page 58. 



