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ochraceous buff; outer and inner side of legs similar to adjacent 

 parts of body; feet similar to legs, but toes distinctly blackish; upper 

 side of tail clear blacldsh; underside similar except for tawny ochra- 

 ceous annulations on either side of the middle line and toward the 

 base. 



Not all specimens are as strongly characterized as the type; in 

 most of them the tail is not clear black above, in some cases being 

 blacldsh brown and nearly always with some fine ochraceous dots or 

 annulations showing on the upper surface. Two specimens, Reg. 

 No. 94.2.1.4 and 97.9.12.1, are very similar to the type in color, but 

 the specimens from Puerto Princessa in the Paris Museum are similar 

 to Tufaia chinensis, but are darker above, and with distinctly 

 darker tails. 



SJcuU and teeth. — These do not show any distinguishing character- 

 istics, being generally like those of Tupaia glis ferruginea. 



Measurements. — T;fpe: Head and body (from dried skin), 210 mm.; 

 tail (from dried skin), 185? hind foot, 45; condylo-basal length, 50; 

 zygomatic vddth, 26.5; width of brain case, 18.5; maxillary tooth row, 

 18. Measurements of other specimens fully as old as the type are 

 essentially the same except that the condylo-basal length is much 

 shorter in some, as small as 43 mm., and the hind foot is seldom as 

 long. For individual measurements see table, page 80. 



EemarJcs. — As represented by the type-specimen TujMia palawanen- 

 sis is a very distinct form, and quite different from its geographic 

 neighbor, T. longipes, of Borneo. T. longipes is finely grizzled on the 

 upper parts, and its tail is essentially like the back in color, w^hile T. 

 palawanensis is coarsely grizzled, and its black tail is very different in 

 appearance from the back. TMiile I have not been able to compare 

 the Puerto Princessa specimens directly with the t3^pe of T. palawa- 

 nensis, yet as far as can be told from memory they seem very different 

 in general style of coloration from the type. Although the tails are 

 darker than the upper parts they do not appear black, and the differ- 

 ence in condjdo-basal length 50 in the type and 43 mm. in a Puerto 

 Princessa specimen with moderately worn teeth is considerable. It 

 is barely possible that more than one form of Tupaia m.ay occur on 

 Palawan. It is to be noted also that the exact locality of the type 

 does not appear to be known, the specimen being labeled simply 

 "Palawan." This species or a related one occurs on Balabac, rep- 

 resented by British Museum, Reg. No. 94.7.2.55, a nearly adult female 

 preserved in alcohol. Owing to its immaturity and manner of 

 preservation it is not possible to say whether it is T. palawanensis or 

 some other form. Another specimen in the British Museum, not 

 numbered, collected by W. Doherty, is marked "Palawan or Basilan," 

 is not particularly different from T. palaivanensis, and for the time 



