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  Mr. 
  C. 
  B. 
  Kloss 
  on 
  new 
  Mammals 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Great 
  Redang 
  Islands, 
  East 
  Coast 
  of 
  the 
  Malay 
  

   Peninsula 
  (type 
  from 
  Great 
  Redang). 
  

  

  Type. 
  Adult 
  female. 
  S.M. 
  2159/10. 
  Collected 
  1st 
  Sep- 
  

   tember, 
  1910. 
  Original 
  number 
  3399. 
  

  

  Twenty-sis 
  specimens 
  examined. 
  The 
  series 
  ranges 
  from 
  

   individuals 
  with 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  to 
  others 
  with 
  the 
  

   upper 
  surface 
  a 
  speckle 
  of 
  black 
  and 
  bright 
  golden, 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  dark 
  lateral 
  stripe 
  is 
  completely 
  absent. 
  

  

  Scturus 
  vittatus 
  perhentiani, 
  subsp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Like 
  S. 
  plasticus 
  and 
  S. 
  scottii, 
  but 
  a 
  little 
  larger 
  (greatest 
  

   length 
  of 
  skull 
  about 
  47*7 
  mm.), 
  with 
  the 
  buff 
  element 
  of 
  the 
  

   upper 
  surface 
  deeper 
  and 
  the 
  tail 
  yellower, 
  the 
  pale 
  lateral 
  

   stripe 
  broader 
  and 
  deeper 
  in 
  tint 
  ; 
  the 
  dark 
  lateral 
  stripe 
  

   broader 
  and 
  less 
  obscured. 
  Skull 
  with 
  combined 
  nazals 
  

   broader 
  anteriorly 
  and 
  the 
  frontal 
  bone 
  with 
  greater 
  posterior 
  

   extension. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  West 
  Perhentian 
  Island, 
  near 
  Trengganu, 
  East 
  Coast 
  

   of 
  the 
  Malay 
  Peninsula. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Adult 
  male. 
  S.M. 
  2172/10. 
  Collected 
  11th 
  Sep- 
  

   tember, 
  1910. 
  Original 
  number 
  3609. 
  

  

  Twenty-nine 
  specimens 
  examined. 
  

  

  Sciurus 
  vittatus 
  proteus, 
  subsp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Differs 
  from 
  S. 
  perhentiani 
  in 
  being 
  much 
  paler 
  above, 
  and 
  

   has 
  the 
  rufous 
  of 
  the 
  under 
  parts 
  replaced 
  by 
  buff. 
  The 
  dark 
  

   lateral 
  stripe 
  is 
  much 
  obscured 
  by 
  the 
  buff 
  tips 
  of 
  its 
  hairs. 
  

   From 
  S. 
  lutescens 
  and 
  other 
  allied 
  races 
  from 
  the 
  Natuna 
  

   Islands 
  it 
  differs 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  a 
  notable 
  rufous 
  pencil 
  

   to 
  the 
  tail. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  East 
  Perhentian 
  Island, 
  near 
  Trengganu, 
  East 
  Coast 
  

   of 
  the 
  Malay 
  Peninsula. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Adult 
  male. 
  S.M. 
  2094/10. 
  Collected 
  13th 
  Sep- 
  

   tember, 
  1910. 
  Original 
  number 
  3654. 
  

  

  Fifty-two 
  specimens 
  examined. 
  The 
  series 
  ranges 
  from 
  

   individuals 
  of 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  to 
  others 
  closely 
  

   resembling 
  S. 
  perhentiani, 
  but 
  slightly 
  paler 
  above, 
  with 
  the 
  

   dark 
  lateral 
  stripe 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  breadth 
  of 
  less 
  than 
  5 
  mm. 
  

   by 
  the 
  superficial 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  rufous 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  Sciurus 
  vittatus 
  walsoni, 
  subsp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Most 
  nearly 
  resembles 
  S. 
  subluteus 
  t 
  but 
  is 
  smaller 
  and 
  

   paler 
  above, 
  with 
  yellower 
  feet. 
  Lateral 
  pale 
  stripe 
  much 
  

   broader 
  and 
  darker, 
  dark 
  stripe 
  much 
  shorter 
  and 
  much 
  

  

  