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26-27, but his skull measurements of an adult female are nearly an 
inch less both ways than the Sai Yoke skull which measures :— 
Sai Yoke skull. Basal length 5.67 in. Zygomatic breadth 3. Hs 
Pachin skull bs F. i aes me Fe 3.2 
In the skull the number of molar and premolar teeth is Aareatiles 
but the skull is markedly different from that of any other members of 
the family Viverridae, The skin may be recognized by the general- 
ly coarse black pelage, tufted ears, naked tarsi and long bushy tail, 
It is 1 believe the only Siamese mammal with a truly pre- 
hensile tail, and, according to the Karangs, can suspend itself by the 
tail alone, 
Arctonyx collaris. The Hog-badger (Siamese ‘‘ Moo Ring”) 
1 Female, Sai Yoke. 1 flat skin, Si-sa-wad, 
This full-grown female measured :—Head and body 30.2 in. 
Tail 10.25 or with hair 13.2. Hind foot 4.2. Height at shoulder 12.5. 
Ear 1.1. Snout to eye 4.2. Skull, basal 6.05 in. Zygomatic breadth 
3.96, and greatest breadth 3.58 in. 
Colour. Hye, very small, brown. Snout, yellowish pink ; lips, 
pinkish white Feet and all body skin, yellowish. Toes broad and 
mobile. Claws, bear like and grooved, pale horn. General colour of 
of body and tail, dirty yellowish white, the longer body hairs being 
buff at base and tips, and black in middle. The head, face, ears and a 
band beneath lower jaw, very dark brown. A whitish patch around 
eyes, and a yellowish median line from crown to snout. Lars, tipped 
buff. Fore legs and feet, black from shoulders down, hind feet black, 
the legs buff and black. 
This specimen was obtained (10/6/15) in rocky bamboo jungle. 
A. coolie saw the animal approaching and missed it three times with 
the 12 bore, and thereupon seized the animal by the tail and 
broke its back with a stick. This behaviour accords with Col. 
Tickell’s statement that “it is dull of sight, and its only acute sense 
appears to be that of smell.” Two scent glands were found discharg- 
ing into the post-caudal. pocket, the latter formed by the base of the 
tail which was 2 in. broad. The secretion was brownish yellow, and the 
hind parts were stained by the flow; and the stench so pervaded the 
beast that the coolies, to their sorrow, were unable to eat the flesh. 
Mr. A. A. Porter obtained a specimen in Raheng district, and 
Blanford records the species from Tenasserim. The Bombay N. H. SS. 
survey failed to obtain it, 
Chiropodomys (qliroides) pequensis. The Burmese Tufted-tailed 
Tree-mouse. 
1 male. This was obtained west of Si-sa-wad at 960 metres 
elevation, in evergreen jungle. Length 96 mm. Tail 125. Hind foot 
20.5. Har from skull 18.2. Width between ear tips 45 mm. 
General appearance. Short broad head and large prominent 
eyes. Hars almost circular. Feet short, with flat nails on pollex and 
hallux. Colour. Brown above, the lower surface, white. Tail slightly 
tufted, the longest hairs being on extreme one-third. Blanford records 
this species from Burmah, and the Bombay N.H.S. Survey has 
recently obtained a number of specimens in southern Tenasserim. 
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