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UROGALE EVERETTI (Thomas). 



1892. Tupaia everetti Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, vol. 9, p. 250, March, 

 1892. 



1905. Urogale cylindrura Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 28, p. 435, May 13, 

 1905. (Type-specimen, in United States National Museum, Cat. No. 125287, 

 collected by Doctor E. A. Mearns at 4,000 feet on Mount Apo, Mindanao, 

 July 12, 1904; original number, 5727; skin and skull in good condition.) 



Type-locality. — Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippine Islands. 



Type-specimen. — In British Museum, Reg. No. 79.5.3.11, adult 

 male, collected at Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippine Islands. The 

 original entry in the Register says "in spirit," but the specimen has 

 for some time been made into a modern study skin in good condition. 

 Aside from some cracks about braincase, the skuU is in good condition. 

 With the principal exception of the pelvis, most of the skeleton 

 exists. 



Geographic distribution. — ^Mindanao, Philippine Islands. Speci- 

 mens from Mount Apo, Zamboanga, and Mount Malindang. See E, 

 on map on page 143. 



Diagnosis. — ^As for the genus above. 



Color. — General effect of upper parts of head, neck, body, and tail 

 and outer side of legs a color between mummy and seal brown, pro- 

 duced by a fine grizzlmg of blackish and tawny, the blackish brown 

 in excess, about nose and sides of head, the tawny color replaced by 

 raw sienna and more of it; feet similar to legs but darker, and with 

 almost none of the lighter color; underparts, including inner side 

 of legs, varying from ochraceous to ochraceous rufous brightest in 

 region of the chest, the slaty bases of the hairs showing tlirough 

 in places to a considerable extent; underside of tail similar to upper- 

 side, but the light and dark color elements about equally mixed; 

 shoulder stripe rather poorly defined, ochraceous. The type-speci- 

 men is dull and rusty hi comparison with the modern skins, the 

 difference probably being due to its original preservation in alcohol; 

 its underparts are duU brown and tail quite rusty. 



Slcull and teeth. — Skull large and angular, with relatively heavy 

 rostrum rising abruptly from rest of skull, enlarged just back of 

 extremity to accommodate roots of the large second pair of incisors; 

 temporal ridges short but prominent, sagittal crest rather long and 

 high; fenestra m zygoma reduced to a minute slit; bony palate well 

 ossified, usually without vacuities; postorbital constriction less than 

 preorbital constriction. Second pair of upper incisors enormously 

 developed, functioning as canines, third lower incisors, small, func- 

 tionless and sometimes deciduous; last upper and lower premolars 

 well developed, especially protocones on upper tooth; lower canine 

 conspicuously developed. (See fig. 12, p. 154; fig. 13, p. 155; also 

 plate 11, fig. 6.) 



Measurements. — Type of U. everetti and of Z7. cylindrura: Head and 

 body, 235 mm. (dried skin), 182; taO, 170 (dried skin), 163; hind- 



