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PROCEEDINGS OF THE' NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



VOL. xxvin. 



Crunial vieusurements uf tivu adult mules {type and topoli/pt') from Mhidanao, and of the 

 type of Urogale everetti {Tliomaa). 



Measurement. 



Basilar length 



Oceipitn-nasal lenjrtli 



(Ir.atcM l.rradth of .skull 



Nii>.il lip \'< front edge (if orbit 



Iiiteioiljjlal breadtli 



luterteiii|iiiral breadth 



Palatal length 



Palatal breadth 



Palatal breadth, inside 



Distance from front of first ujjper incisor to back of third upper 



molar 



Diastema between second upper incisor and canine 



Diastema between canine and the most anterior premolar 



Seeond upper incisor, height above bone behind 



Second upper inci.sor, anteroposterior diameter at base 



Upper canine, height 



Upper canine, diameter 



Third lower inci.sor, diameter 



Third lower incisor, height 



Lower canine, height 



Lower canine, diameter ; 



(;ombinc(i lengths of three upper molars 



Combined lengths of three lower molars 



Urogale cylindrura. 



No. 125287, 



U.S.N.M., 



type. 



mm. 

 56 

 63.5 

 29.5 

 31 



16.4 

 21 

 35 

 17 

 9.9 



34 

 4.8 

 1.4 

 4.8 

 2.5 

 3 

 2 



.5 

 1.4 

 5.4 

 2.0 



10 



No. 125288, 

 U.S. N.M., 

 topotype. 



64 

 61 

 29 

 29 

 15.7 

 20.5 

 32.5 

 17 

 9.5 



32.5 

 4.2 

 1.2 

 5 



2.5 

 3 

 1.9 



5.4 

 2.6 

 9.8 

 10.2 



Urogale 



everetti 



(Thomas), 



type. 



54 



64.5 

 29 

 30.7 

 17.5 

 18 

 34 

 16 

 8.2 



33.3 

 4.4 

 .9 

 4.8 

 2.7 

 3 



1.7 

 .6 

 1.6 

 5.7 

 2.5 

 10.6 

 10.8 



External measurements of two adult males from Mindanao. 



Measurement (from fresh specimens) 



No. 125287, ' No. 12.5288, 



U.S.N.M., U.S. N. M., 



type. topotype. 



Total length 



Tail vertebrae 



Tail to end of hairs 



Hind foot 



Length of head 



Height of ear above crown 



Ear above notch at base 



From tip of nose to angle of mouth 



From tip of nose to eye 



From tip of nose to ear 



Specimeiis exaiaiited. — The type and one topotype. 



RemarJxK. — The onl}^ ones seen were two that the TodaA'a Bagobos 

 brought in to me alive. They called it Tahr'-rah liuli -luto-ey^ mean- 

 ing Ground-Pig. At Tagula3^a, on the shore of the (nilf of Davao, 

 the Bagobos called it Koh-lagh-chew'-ey, saying that it is common in 

 the mountains, bnt not found in the low countr}' by the sea. 



PODOGYMNURA, new genus. 

 LONG-LEGGED WOODSHREWS. 



Ty2)e. — PodogymnuTa tntei^ new species. 



Characters. — Related to (hjiinnn'a and HyJomys. Dental formula: 



3—3 1—1 3—3 3—3 ,,, ,\i 1 . • ^v 



.5 — i5, c. - — 7, pm. - — -, m. ^ — -, = 40 teeth; second mcisor the 

 o — o 1 — 1 6 — o 6—6 



