NO. 1070. 



TREE8HREWS: FAMILY TVPAIIDM—LYOy. 



149 



Measurevieyits of insular forms of the genus Tana. 



^ Type. 



'- m - just through alyeolus. 



3 77? s just appearing. 



TANA CHRYSURA (Giinther). 



187G. Tupaia tana var. chiysura Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1876, p. 427; 

 pi. 36, entile animal in colors, fairly good. 



Type-locality. — Mainland of Borneo, opposite the island of Labuan. 



Type-specimen.— In. British Museum, Reg. No. 76.5.2.19, collected 

 by Mr. Hugh Low on Borneo, opposite the island of Labuan; in 

 good condition excejit that occipital region of skull has been cut 

 away. 



Geographic distribution. — Known only from the region of the 

 type-locality. See No. 1 on map on page 143. 



Diagnosis. — Color pattern generally similar to that of Tana tana, 

 but tail instead of being concolor with body is uniformly buffy, and 

 very different in color from rest of animal. Mammae unkno^vn. 



Color. — Much like the color of Tana tana, but the gray of the head, 

 neck, shoulders, and area bordering the dorsal stripe more pro- 

 nounced and clear; general body color, including outer side of legs, 

 less reddish than in T. tana, of a color between mars and mummy 

 brown, inclining to blackish on the lower back; underparts, including 

 inner side of legs, dull orange rufous; entire tail, above and below, 

 buff, tmged with clay color in places; shoulder stripe, whitish. 



