A THIRD COLLECTIONS OF SIAMESE MAMMALS. 297 



Flat skill with ikuU (i mm at lire) from near Sisoplion, S. E. Siam 

 H. R. H. the Priiica of Chumponi [No. 2501]. 



Gykleiistoipe has recorded this .species of Bear from North Siam 

 but, I believe, erroneously. Tlie evidence advanced is tlie photograpli 

 of a young animal wiiicli appears to be uiujuestionabl}- onlj- an e.xample 

 of the common short-haired bear /Vs»s malaijanas (Kuiigl. Sv. Akad. 

 Handl., 57, No. 2, p. 21, pi. 2, figs 1, :i ; 11)17). 



The present specimen is thus apparently the first of its kind met 

 with soutJi of China and east of Tenasserim. It ajijiears to be verj' 

 typical as far as the pelage is concerned with long wavy hair, fringed 

 ears, whitisli muzzle and small gorget. The permament teeth are all 

 in place but the animal is quite yo\ing with faintly marked ridges on 

 the cranium about 55 mm. ajjart at the fronto-parietal sutures. 



The skull is imperfect but the greatest upper length on the 

 median line is 202 mm., zygomatic breadth 115 mm. ; and breadth of 

 palate between the last molars 30 mm. ; though it has the elongate 

 shape of V. tihetanns (as figured bj' Lydekker under the name of 

 V. iorqimtus in P. /. S. 1901), pp. G07-10, te.xt figure 18G-7*) it would 

 certainly have broadened relatively with age. The teeth most nearly 

 resemble those of V. t. niarneilli Lydekker (loc. cit t), but the three 

 upper anterior premolars are rather crowded (more than in Lydekker's 

 figure of " tunpiatus ") the 2iid and 3rd being outside the median line of 

 the tooth-row ; and the length of the six upper cheek-teeth together is 

 only 68 mm. against 99 mm. 



The measurements of the postei-ior teeth ( and those of the type 

 of inacneilli ) are : — 



• Note tlie following error regarding both figures: tliougii tiie skulls are 

 indicatod liy letttMS «liirh agreo witii tlio ti'xt, in tlii^' U'gcnds atlaoiicd for A 

 leail 15 and for 15 read A. 



t 'r.v|iical locality "some distnnco to the westward nf Tacliirii " wliidi 

 is ill S/.i'clinan, long I():i"20', lal. 30S5': not "Assam" as stated hv M'ionglit<m 

 in .liinrn. ISomliay N. II. Soo., xxiv, p. 7C".I ('916). 



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