Il6 MILLER 



TRAGULUS PALLIDUS sp. nov. 



1895. Tragulus Javanicus TnoukS and Hartert, Novitates Zoologicas, 11, 

 p. 492. December, 1895 (part, specimen from Pulo Laut). 



Type. — Adult female (skin and skull) No. 104616 U. S. National 

 Museum. Collected on Pulo Laut, North Natuna Islands, August 

 II, 1900. Original number 625. 



Characters. — Smaller than Traguhis javanicus from Borneo or 

 Bunguran and very pale in color. Black clouding of upper parts in- 

 conspicuous, but dark nape band well defined. 



Color. — Back and sides light ochraceous-buff everywhere clouded 

 oy the blackish hair-tips, but these never in excess, except perhaps 

 along middle of back and across lumbar region. Flanks, shoulders, 

 neck, outer surface of legs and narrow line dividing color of sides 

 from that of belly pale ochraceous. Nape band clear black, sharply 

 defined from color of sides but quickly fading into that of shoulders. 

 Top of head dull dark brown. A faint pale stripe over and in front of 

 eye. Throat markings normal, the dai-k bands like neck. Collar very 

 narrow. Under parts and inner surface of legs white. A faint yel- 

 lowish shade along middle of belly. Tail white beneath and at the 

 tip, ochraceous faintly shaded with brown above. 



Skull. — The skull of the type, though fully adult and with all the 

 teeth distinctly worn, is smaller than in Bunguran specimens so young 

 that the posterior molars are still below the rim of the alveoli. In 

 form, however, it shows no marked peculiarities, though in general it 

 appears to be somewhat broader in proportion to its length than that 

 of the Bunguran animal. 



Teeth. — Teeth as in specimens of Tragiilus javanicus ixor^ Bungu- 

 ran except that the premolars, both above and below, are shorter and 

 broader, a difference which may prove to be an individual peculiarity 

 only. 



Measurements. — External measurements of type : Total length 

 539; head and body 444; tail vertebrce 95; hind foot 107; hind 

 foot without hoofs 95. 



Cranial measurements of type: Greatest length 90 (94^); basal 

 length 83 (87) ; basilar length 78 (82) ; occipito-nasal length 83 

 (89) ; length of nasals 25 (29.6) ; diastema 9.2 (9.8) ; zygomatic 

 breadth 41.4 (40) ; least interorbital breadth 26.4 (25) ; breadth of 

 braincase over roots of zygomata 29.4 (28.4) ; mandible 72 (75) ; 



^Measurements in parentheses are those of a less mature specimen from 

 Bunguran. 



