114 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. 45. 



TUPAIA MINOR MALACCANA Anderson. 

 1879. Tupaia malaccana Anderson, Zool. Res. West. Yunnan, p. 134, pi. 7, 

 fig. 16. 



Type-locality. — Malacca, Malay Peninsula. 



Type-specimen. — The two specimens on which Anderson's descrip- 

 tion was based are said by him to have been "procured at Malacca 

 and referred by Blyth to T. javanica." They are without doubt No. 

 242, "A. B. Specimens from Malacca, and C. Skull, presented by Mr. 

 Frith (1846)," (p. 82), in the Catalogue of the MammaHa in the 

 Museum Asiatic Society, by Edward Blyth, 1863. I have not seen 

 the specimens. 



Geographic distribution. — Southern end of Malay Peninsula, Selangor, 

 Malacca, Johore, Sumatra, and the island of Linga. See No. 3 on 

 map on page 111. 



Diagnosis. — Tupaia minor malaccana differs from the other sub- 

 species of Tupaia m having, the tail more like the general color of the 

 head and body, less blacldsh, and in having less of a chestnut or russet 

 wash on posterior half of body. 



SJcull and teeth. — These show no characters but slightly larger size 

 to distinguish them from the other subspecies. (Plate 10, fig. 4.) 



Measurements. — Usual measurements of adults: Head and body, 

 125-140 mm.; tail, 150-165; hindfoot, 32-34; condylobasal length, 33- 

 35; zygomatic width, 20-21; width of braincase, 16-17; maxillary 

 tootkrow, 12-13. The measurements are nearly all very slightly 

 larger than the corresponding ones in Tupaia minor minor. 



RemarTcs. — Tupaia minor malaccana is not a very different form 

 from T. m. minor. Although T. m. minor was described in 1876, 

 Anderson in describing T. m. malaccana in 1879 did not seem to be 

 aware of Giinther's work. If he had, he would probably have iden- 

 tified the Malaccan specimens with it. The specimens that I have 

 identified as T. m. malaccana show a few variations. The Linga 

 specimens seem to be slightly larger than the others, and are rather 

 intermediate in color between the subspecies from Singkep and 

 typical T. m. malaccana, but generally more like the Malaccan speci- 

 mens. The Sumatra skins as a whole, especially shown in one from 

 the Indragiri River, have a greater tendency to a russet wash on the 

 lower back than the Peninsular skins. Specimens of T. m. malaccana 

 are recorded by Schneider ^ from Unter Lankat, Sumatra. The 

 specimen "ge," recorded by Jentink^ as Tupaia javanica from Deli, 

 Sumatra, is probably an example of T. minor malaccana. The 

 other Sumatra specimen, c, from Upper Padang, and c-i, may be the 

 present species or may be examples of T. javanica. 



Specimens examined. — Ten from ^lajay Peninsula, 6 from Sumatra, 

 and 4 from Linga Island. 



1 Zool. Jahrb., vol. 23, Heft 1, 1905, p. 88. 



» Cat. Syst. Mamm. Mus. Hist. Nat., vol. 12, 1888, p. 117. 



