NO. 1481. 



MAMMALS FROM KARIMATA ISLANDS— MILLER. 



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Measurements of Tragulus carimatm. 



"Type. 



Family SCIURID.E. 



SCIURUS CARIMAT^, new species. 



Type. — Adult male (skin and skull) No. 125076 United States 

 National jNIuseum. Collected at Telok Pai, Karimata Island, August 

 27, 1904, by Dr. W. L. Abbott. Original number, 3662. 



Cliaracters. — A member of the Scinr-ns prerostli group resem))ling 

 Sciiams miinellns of the Tambelan Islands, but with size not as much 

 reduced, and with tail distinctly shortened. 



Color. — Upper parts from muzzle to and including entire tail cle.ar 

 black. Cheeks and sides of neck a grizzled slat}' g'l'ay, dark enough 

 to threw into slight relief the whitish patch at base of whiskers and 

 the speck on cheek. Lateral stripe buti'y white, passing al)ruptly into 

 light orange-butf, slightl}" grizzled with gray on shoulder. Dark 

 lateral stripe black, not very well defined. Under parts, feet, inner 

 surface of hind leg, and entire fore leg orange-rufous, fading into 

 orange-bull' on upper arm. 



Skull and teeth. — The skull and teeth resemble those of Seiurus 

 mhnelli/s., hut Are appreciably larger. The rostral portion of the skull 

 in particular is much broadened. 



Measurements. — For external measurements see table, page 58. 

 Skull of tj^yje: Upper length, 53 mm.; condylobasilar length, 1:6; basi- 

 lar length, 43; palatilar length, 22; diastema, 12.2; zygomatic breadth, 

 32.8; interorbital constriction, 21; breadth of brain case above roots of 

 zygomata, 22.8; mandible, 34; maxillary tooth row (alveoli), 9.8; man- 

 dibular tooth row (alveoli), 9.4. 



Specimens examined. — Thirteen, all from Karimata Island. 



Remarks. — This is a well characterized local species. In color it 

 closely resembles Seiurus hangkanus., but in size it more nearly agrees 

 with the geographically more distant S. mimellus. 



