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mass of names into a comparatively few groups. At present the only 

 division that has been sufficiently studied is that represented in the 

 Malay Peninsula and the Indo-Malayan Islands, which has been reduced 

 to order by Mr. Oldfield Thomas.^ 



Petaurista petaurista. 



a. petaurista petaurista (Pall.). 



Zuol. Misc. p. r)4 (176(5). 



Typical locality. — West Java. 

 Type. — Not in existence. 



b. petaurista nigricaudatus, Kobinson and Kloss, 



Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus., VII, p. 224 (1918). 



Typical locality. — Idjen Massif, near Banjoewangi, East Java. 

 Type. — In Federated Malay States Museum. 



(J Sodong Jerok, Idjen Massif, near Banjoewangi, East Java, 3,900 ft., 30th 

 March 1916. Mus. Coll. [C] ; skin and skull ; Federated Malay States 

 Museum [P.]. 



c. petaurista melanotus (Gray). 



Charles worth's Mag. Nat. Hist., I, p. 584 (1837). 



Typical locality. — Nepal (error). Malay Peninsula substituted. 

 Type. — In British Museum. 



9745-6. [Siam] (Dr. Finlayson) [C] ; skins and skulls ; ex India Museum, 

 London. 



It is practically certain that these specimens were not procured in 

 Siam proper, where the form that occurs will probably be P. p. cicur, 

 R. and K., but from some portion of the Malay Peninsula. Many of 

 Finlayson's specimens labelled " Siam " are certainly not from that 

 country. 



d. petaurista cicur, Robinson and Kloss. 



Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), XIII, p. 223 (1914). 



Typical locality. — Ban Kok Klap, Bandon, Siamese Malaya. 

 Type. — In Federated Malay States Museum. 



(J Ban Kok Ivlap, Bandon, Siamese Malaya, 2nd July, 1913 ; skin and skull, 

 H. C. Robinson and E. Seiraund [C.] ; Federated Malay States Museum 

 fP. ]. A paratypc of the subspecies. 



e. petaurista rajah, Thos. 



Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), I, p. 251 (1908). 



Typical locality. — Mount Dulit, Baram, Borneo, 2,000 ft. 

 Type. — In British Museum. 



1 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), I, pp. 249-252 (1908). 



