NO. 1976. 



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where that of T. phxura is tawny ochraceoiis, and is distinctly dif- 

 ferent in color from the rest of the upper parts. 

 Specimens examined. — Two, from Tana Bala. 



Measurements of Jive insular forms of the Tupaia glis group of treeshreivs. 



Name. 



T. glis pulonis 



Do 



T.glispemangilis. 

 Tupaia glis sor- 

 dida. 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do , 



T. phxura , 



Do 



Do 



T. tephrura 



Do. 



Locality. 



Pulo Aor 



....do 



Pulo Pemangil. 

 Pulo Tioman... 



....do 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 -do. 



do 

 Pulo Sinkep 



do 



do 



Batu Ids.; Tana 



]5ala, 

 do 



Molar teeth 

 worn. 



Moderately 

 None 2. 

 Moderately 

 SUghtly... 



Moderately 



do.. 



Slightly. 



Moderately 



Much... 



Slightly. 



Much . . . 



Moderately 



Much 



do 



Moderately 



None 2 



2-2 



2-2 

 2-2 

 2-2 



Type. 



2 Permanent pm* half way up. 



TUPAIA LACERNATA Thomas and Wroughton, 

 (Synonymy, type-specimens, etc., under the subspecies.) 



Geographic distribution. — The middle third of the Malay Peninsula, 

 and some of the adjacent islands. See Nos. 5, 23, 24, 38, and 39 on 

 map on page 75. 



Diagnosis. — Size, skull, and teeth about as in Tupaia glis, interme- 

 diate in color between T. helangeri and T. glis; upper parts of head 

 and anterior half of body a grizzle of ochraceous buff and black, of 

 posterior, half of body a grizzle of tawny and black, tail generally 

 darker than rest of upper parts; mammae 2-2=4, as in T. glis, and 

 not 3-3 = 6, as in T. helangeri. 



Color. — Upper parts of head, neck, and anterior half of body, 

 including outerside of forelegs, a fine grizzle of ochraceous or ochra- 

 ceous buff and black, the darker color rather in excess, the general 

 color effect being similar to light raw umber, in certain lights, with 

 an olivaceous cast; upper parts of posterior half of body, including 

 outerside of hind legs, a grizzle of tawny and black, both colors about 

 equally mixed, producing a general color effect of russet, tail above, 

 a coarse grizzle of black and buff, the former color in excess, and the 

 tail as a whole distinctly darker and more blackish than rest cf 

 upper parts; underside of tail with the same colors, but the buffy 

 predominating especially in the middle line; under parts of head, neck 



