NO. 197C. TREE8HREWS: FAMILY TUPAIID^—LYON. 37 



KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OF TUPAIA. 



Tail distinctly longer than head and body, lower canine (except m T. gracilis) twice 

 the length of the incisor in front of it, and central upper incisors (except T. 

 gracilis) very conspiciously larger than lateral pair. 

 Size large, head and body 180-200 mm., much black on lower back. . T. nicoharica. 

 Shoulders and neck bright grizzled ochraceous. 



Great Nicobar, T. n. nicoharica, p. 103. 

 Shoulders and neck dull grizzled ochraceous... Little Nicobar, T. n. surda, p. 104. 

 Size small, head and body, 140-150 mm., general color uniformly grizzled olivaceous. 

 Skull with rostrum of normal shape, not stubby, distance between the two lachry- 

 mal notches equals distance from that notch to space between first and 

 second upper incisors, under parts rather dark and grizzled. 



Sumatra, Nias, Java, T. javanica, p. 106. 



Skull with a short stubby rostrum, distance between the two lachrymal notches 



equals distance from that notch to front of first upper incisor, under parts 



usually clear whitish or buffy. 



Hind foot 30-35 mm., central upper incisors and lower canines well developed, 



grizzling of upper parts, not unusually fine T. rainor, p. 109. 



Tail not conspicuously darker than general coloration of upper parts. 



Sumatra, Linga, Malay Peninsula, T. m. malaccana, p. 114. 

 Tail conspicuously darker than general coloration of upper parts. 

 Rump not distinctly russet in contrast with upper parts. 



Borneo, T. in. minor, p. 110. 

 Rump distinctly russet in contrast with upper parts. 



Sinkep, T. m. sincipis, p. 115. 

 Hind foot 37-43 mm., central upper incisors and lower canine not unusually 



developed, grizzlmg of upper parts very fine T. gracilis, p. 116. 



Hind foot 40 mm. or over, bullae smaller Borneo, T. g. gracilis, p. 117. 



Hind foot not over 40 mm., bullae larger. 

 Upper parts and legs grizzled olivaceous brownish. 



Billiton, Banka, T. g. infiata, p. 118. 

 Upper parts and legs grizzled ochraceous brownish. 



Karimata, T. g. edarata, p. 118. 

 Tail usually distinctly shorter than head and body, occasionally approximately equal 

 to or slightly longer than head and body, but in that case, lower back without a 

 large black area; central upper incisors not conspicously larger than lateral pair, 

 and lower canine not unusually developed, less than twice the length of the 

 incisor in front of it. 



Middle of back with a conspicuous nan-ow black stripe Borneo, T. picta, p. 96. 



Middle of back without a conspicuous narrow black stripe. 

 Tail not uniformly above and below grizzled blackish and gi-ayish or blackish and 

 ochraceous, if gidzzled on upper surface, always showing a clear ungrizzled 

 reddish ochraceous area on either side of central line, when viewed from 

 below. 

 Tail uniformly above and below, dull cream color. .Sumatra, T. demissa, p. 58. 

 Tail various, uniformly tawny above and below, or coarsely grizzled with 

 blackish above, and tawny or ochraceous below, never cream color. 

 General color of upper parts between seal and walnut brown. 



Borneo, T. splcndidula, p. 83. 

 General color of upper parts varying from dark hazel or chestnut to bright 

 tawny or ochraceous with or without distinct grizzlmg. 

 Upper parts with a fine diffused giizzling of blackish and ochraceous with 

 a tendency toward a dark patch on back. 



Karimata Island, T. carimatse, p. 98. 



