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riiOCEKDIXaS OF THE XATTONAL MUSEUM. 



VOL. XXVIII. 



Cranial mcasurcinenla of the t'/pc, an adult female, from Mount Ajio, Mindanao. 



Measurement. 



Basilar length ( Heiisel) 



0('('ii>i Ill-nasal length 



Interparii'tal brea<lth (nu'asiiR'd from the outor edge of liuadod upiier margin.s) 



Length of internasal suture 



Greatest wiiith of rostrum 



Length of upper toothrow 



External vieaf:uremenls of tlie tf/pe, an adnlt female, from Mount Apo, Mindanao. 



Measurement (taken from fresh specimen). 



No. 125229 



U.S.N. M., 



type. 



Total length 



Tail vertebra; 



Tail to end of pencil. . . 



Hind foot 



Head 



Ear from erown 



Ear from notch at base 



vim. 



248 



120 



123 



26. .5 



36 



12 



17 



Sjujcime)is examined. — Only the type. 



MUS PANTARENSIS, new species. 

 PANTAR RUS8P:T MOU.SE. 



Ree'-ah (Moros of Pan tar). 



Tij2)e.—kAn\t female («kin and .skull), Cat. No. 128294, U.S.N.M. 

 Collected at Pantar, altitude 1,907 feet, Mindanao, Philippine Islands, 

 September 4, 1903, by Edgar A. Mearns. (Original number, 5622.) 



Characters. — Size small; tail concolor, as long as head and body, 

 scantil\^ coated with short, stiff hairs, with annuli numbering thirteen 

 to the centimeter near base of tail; pelage short, thickly mixed with 

 coarse, flattened and channeled spines; moderate-sized ears, nearly 

 naked; whiskers short, not reaching tip of ear. 



Color. — Upperparts russet, finely mixed with l)lack; underparts 

 grayish cream-buft'; ears and tail pale drab; feet gra3nsh white, with 

 a stripe of sepia on upper surface; whiskers brownish ])lack. 



Sl'ufl and teeth. — Skull considerably arched in the parietal region; 

 rostrum short and stout; audital ])ullffi short, broad, and high; tempo- 

 ral fossa ridged; nasal bones truncate posteriorly. Dentition weak, 

 not otherwise peculiar. 



Spechnens examined. — Only the type. 



