NO. 1485. MAMMALS FROM rdllO-LINGA ISLANDS— MILLER. 277 



GEOGRAPHICAL LISTS OF SPECIES. 



In the following lists the species are arranged according to islands. 

 The descriptions of the localities and the field observations are mostly 

 from Doctor Abbott's letters, labels, and notebooks. For the spell- 

 ing of the geographic names I have in most cases adopted that used by 

 the collector; the variants are from Findlay's Indian Archipelago 

 and China Sea Directory, Middel's (lids door Nederlandsch Oost- 

 Indie, and from the standard maps. 



GREAT KARIMON (Karimon). 



The northwesternmost island of the Rhio Archipelago. It lies in the 

 Strait of Malacca, 11 miles southwest of Tanjong Bulus, the south 

 point of Asia. Its length is 10 miles and its area about 30 geographi- 

 cal square miles. The northern part of the island is hilly, the surface 

 rising to 1,450 feetatGunong Santan. Most of the low land has been 

 cleared and is now grown up to lalangand scrub jungle. On the hills 

 the original timber is mostl}' small, though there is some heavy forest 

 at the north. Even here most of the best trees have been cut by the 

 Chinese timber towkays from Singapore. 



Tragidu)^ nigrocinctus. — Tragiill were scarce and hard to get. 

 Those taken were snared by natives at Kampong Pemeral and at Men- 

 suda Bay. 



Sus rhionls. — One was shot among the mangroves at Mensuda Bay. 



Ratufa carimonensis. — Shot at Mensuda Bay. 



Sehnnis carimonensh. — Taken at Kampong Punkah on the east coast, 

 and at Mensuda Bay, northeast corner of the island. These squirrels 

 were very common in the plantations of fruit and cocoa. 



Mus firmus. — 



Mus lingensis. — 



Mus near r<2^^?/,s.— The three rats are not specially mentioned in 

 Doctor Abbott's notes. 



Aonyx clnevea. — One shot among the mangroves at Mensuda Ba3\ 



Cynoceplialus volans. — No notes. 



Cynoptei'us montanoi. — One shot while hanging on a palm leaf in 

 den.se jungle. 



Macaca fascicular is. — Taken at Kampong Punkah. No notes. 



LITTLE KARIMON {Karimon Anak). 



Karimon Anak lies northwest of Karimon, separated from the larger 

 island by a strait about one-half mile wide. It contains al)oat 1 square 

 miles, and is hilly; the surface mo.stly covered with heavy jungle. 



Sciurus peninsulaTis. — No notes. 



EmbaUonu7ri peninsularis. — Shot beneath an overhanging rock in 

 the forest. 



Pigs, monke3's, and Tragulns exist, but none were obtained. A 

 Ratufa is also said to occur. 



