NO. 1317. 3IAMMA LS OF NORTHWEST SUM A TRA— MILLER. 443 



TRAGULUS BREVIPES, new species. 



Ti/pe.—Adi\x\i female (skin and .skull). Cat. No. 114326, U.S.N.M. 

 Collected on Piilo Bangkaru, Banjak Islands, January 20, 1902, by 

 Dr. W. -L. Abbott. Original number, IWi. 



Charactei's. — General size as in Tragidas kanchlJ, but ears and feet 

 much shorter. Coloration slightly paler than intheSumatran animal, 

 but of exactl}^ the same type. Skull with rostral portion more 

 slender than in the related species. 



Color. — Back a line grizzle of black and light orange- butt', the 

 former slightly in excess. Sides buff-yellow, a little clouded by the 

 black hair-tips. Outer surface of legs bright orange-buff, the hairs 

 of the front legs with faintl}' indicated black tips, those of the hind 

 legs rather strongly shaded with black. Nape-stripe clear black, 

 sharply contrasted with the dull, slightly grizzled, orange-buff sides of 

 neck. Crown blackish, the hairs very obscurely annulated with dull 

 yellowish brown. Cheek from below outer canthus of eye to muzzle 

 dirty cream color, in rather strong contrast with surrounding parts. 

 Under parts and inner surface of legs white. Median line of chest 

 with a narrow, grizzled brown stripe, and middle of belly with an 

 obscure buffy wash. Throat pattern normal, the brown stripes 

 strongly grizzled and considerably darker than sides of neck, confluent 

 in front. Collar narrow but well defined, concolor with sides of neck. 

 Tail clear, dull, orange-buff' above, pure white below and at tip. 



SJi'uU and teeth. — In size and general form the skull closely resem- 

 bles that of Tragidus kancMl and T. russeus, but the rostrum is dis- 

 tinctly narrower than in an}" of the specimens of the related species — 

 a difference easily appreciable on comparison. Teeth as in Tragulus 

 hancJtll. 



Meas'itrements. — External measurements of type: Total length, 520; 

 head and body, 450; tail vertebra^, 70; hind foot, 108 (98). 



Ci'anial measurements of type: Greatest length, 97 (95);^' basal 

 length, 90 (89); basilar length, 85 (83); diastema, 11.4(10.4); length of 

 nasals, 29.6 (28); greatest breadth of nasals posteriorly, 12 (12.6); 

 least interorbital In-eadth, 26 (28); breadth of palate at middle of 

 diastema, 11 (13.6); zygomatic breadth, 42 (42); mandible, 77 (73); 

 maxillary tooth row (alveoli), 34 (32.6); mandibular tooth row (alveoli). 

 41.4 (35)'. 



Specimens examined. — One, the type. 



JRemarl'i^. — In its small feet and pale color Tragulus hj'evipes suggests 

 T. ])allldns., but the latter is a much more pallid animal and its skull 

 has an exceedingly short, heavy rostrum. 



"Measurements in parenthesis are those of an adult female Tragulus kundiil from 

 Tapanuli Bay, Sumatra (No. 114421). 



