MAMMALS OF THE NATUNA ISLANDS II3 



MANIS JAVANICA Desmarest. 



1895. Manis java7iica Thomas and Hartert, Novitates Zoologicae, ll, p. 

 492. December, 1895 (Bunguran). 



An adult male was taken on Bunguran, June 24, 1900. Total 

 length 914 ; head and body 508 ; tail 406. , 



TRAGULUS BUNGURANENSIS sp. nov. 



Type. — Adult male (skin and skull) No. 104604 U. S. National 

 Museum. Collected on Bunguran Island, North Natunas, July 9, 

 1900. Original number, 547. 



Characters. — Color pattern essentially as in Tragiihis jiigricaits 

 Thomas, from Balabac. Size equal to that of T. canescens from the 

 Malay Peninsula, therefore much greater than in the Balabac animal. 



Color. — Back vmiform ochraceous, fading to buff on sides, the hairs 

 everywhere gray at base. Both back and sides everywhere darkened 

 by black hair tips, but these never sufficiently abundant to produce 

 a dark shading in excess of the ochraceous. The relative proportion 

 of the dark wash to the light under color is precisely the same as in 

 Tragichcs canescens and T. napu (from Linga Island) but the black 

 is less conspicuous than in the Bornean form of T. napu. Legs, ex- 

 cept white area on inner side, like back but slightly brighter and less 

 shaded with black. Entire dorsal and lateral surface of neck clear 

 black to base of hairs, a few ochraceous specks visible on close scru- 

 tiny, particularly at sides near throat markings. On shoulders this 

 black area fades abruptly into color of back ; on head it passes for- 

 ward between ears and eyes nearly to muzzle. Cheek, region between 

 eye and ear, and line extending forward over eye to muzzle and sepa- 

 rating black median stripe from naked loral space, ochraceous, essen- 

 tially like that of legs. Throat markings as in Tragulus tiigricans, 

 but white stripes apparently even more restricted. Region occupied 

 by posterior white stripes black, continuous with that of neck, but dis- 

 tinctly speckled with ochraceous. Region occupied by anterior 

 stripes ochraceous, continuous with that of cheeks and somewhat less 

 pure and more speckled with black. White stripes as follows : («) 

 One on each side of naked chin area. These are about 50 mm. 

 in length and never more than 10 mm. in breadth, but occasionally so 

 narrow as to break up into tw^o or more spots. They are separated 

 from naked chin patch by an ochraceous stripe slightly broader than 

 the white. Chin area narrowly and discontinuously bordered with 

 white, especially in front, {b) Two posterior lateral stripes varying 



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