Wood Jones— Thalacomys 345 



Dimensions (measured in the flesh) by Mr. Hillier, who obtained the type 

 specimen). Adult male: 



Head and bodv .... 316 mm. Hind foot 91 mm. 



T.ii ■ 215 mm. Ear '79 m^^- 



Dimensions of Skull. ^^^^ ^,^^^,^^,^^ s^ ^i^s. 



• F. W. J. No. 1622. 



Greatest length 85 — 8^ 



Basal length ^^'^ "" ' 



Greatest breadth 38 35 35 



Nasals, length 40 37 38 



Palate, length 50 49 50 



Front of C to back of M^ 36 36 37 



A ' B C 



Fi- 'in? The posterior extension of the nasal l.ones in (A) T. hujotis, (B) T. saf,itta, 

 '^' ' ((') T. minoy, (D) T. nignpcs. 



THALACOMYS MINOR Baldwin Spencer, 1897. 



rera<iaJc nuuor Sp.aiccv, Pro.. Roy. Soc. Vict., ix, 18!)7 (New Ser.), p. 6, pi. ii, 



fig- 1-4. 

 Thahironifis minor (/abrera, Gen. Mamm., 1919, p. 82. 



The description of the external characters of the type is as follows : 

 "Size considerably smaller than T. lagotis. Fur very long, soft and silky; 

 composed almost entirely of under-fur. General colour fawn-grey, but darker 

 than in T. lagotis. Head long, muzzle narrow. Khinarium naked at the tip of 

 the snout, l)ut no backward prolongation of the naked part as in T. lagotis. Face 

 grey-brown, the under-fur of the face gvey basally, then fawn coloured with a 

 dark tip, the longer hairs with a longer black tip. On the dorsal surface and 

 sides of the body the under-fur is black basally, then fawn coloured. The longer 



