46 MAMMALS OF THE 



Tupaja splendidula Gray. 



193. (ale). Adult male. Mount Liang Koeboeng. 22. 4. 

 1894. B. 



Dr. J. E. Gray described (P. Z. S. L. 1865, p. 322) 

 this species in the following short terms: »Fur dark red- 

 brown , blackish washed. Tail dark red-brown ; pale red 

 beneath ; the shoulder-streak yellow. The head conical , 

 about twice as long as wide behind." Mr. Hose says in 

 his » descriptive account" p. 31 , that Dr. Gray described 

 the species as follows: »Fur, dark brown , blackish washed. 

 Tail , dark red-brown , pale red beneath , longer than the 

 body and head] the shoulder-streak yellow; no hands between 

 the shoulders. The head conical, about twice as long as 

 wide behind." The words written in italics have been added 

 by Mr. Hose and learn us that the tail is longer than head 

 and body: some lines before the latter statement, however, 

 Mr. Hose (1. c.) says »the tail of this animal is less than 

 the length of body and head" ! The thing cannot be made out 

 as neither Gray nor Hose give measurements of tail or 

 head and body. 



The figure accompanying Dr. Gray's description has been 

 extremely incorrectly drawn , no Tupaja-^^eoimeu having 

 such hands and feet; the head too is withdrawn and the 

 whole figure makes the impression as if having been taken 

 from a very bald animal ! 



Under these circumstances I think there is all reason 

 for passing over such an irrecognizable species and to 

 describe our Liang Koeboeug-animal as a new species. 



Our specimen moreover differs from all others and if it 

 not represents a T. splendidula than it ought to belong to 

 an undescribed species ; but I will avoid the perhaps need- 

 less increase of nominal Tw/^a/a-species. 



Our animal is thick and long furred, colored like the 

 type of T. splêndidvla , its head and body measure 155 

 mm., its tail with hairs 136 mm. (without hairs 125 mm.), 

 hind foot 40 mm. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, "Vol. XIX. 



