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  Messrs. 
  FT. 
  C. 
  Robinson 
  and 
  C. 
  B. 
  Kloss 
  or 
  

  

  flanks 
  spreading 
  on 
  to 
  tlie 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  rest 
  of 
  tbe 
  nnder 
  

   surface 
  grizzled 
  silvery-grey, 
  a 
  darker 
  obsolescent 
  median 
  

   stripe 
  down 
  the 
  abdomen 
  more 
  yellowish. 
  Tail 
  coarsely 
  

   annulated 
  with 
  black 
  and 
  buffy-white, 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  back 
  

   extending 
  some 
  distance 
  down 
  the 
  basal 
  portion 
  above 
  and 
  

   below, 
  pencil 
  pure 
  black. 
  

  

  Skull 
  and 
  teeth. 
  — 
  Present 
  no 
  differential 
  characters 
  from 
  

   those 
  of 
  Sc. 
  c. 
  milleri, 
  except 
  the 
  slightly 
  larger 
  size. 
  

  

  Measure 
  meats. 
  — 
  Collectors' 
  external 
  measurenaents 
  of 
  type 
  

   (taken 
  in 
  the 
  flesh) 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  body 
  226 
  (229^) 
  ; 
  tail 
  2-37 
  (214) 
  ; 
  hind 
  foot 
  

   49-5 
  (48-0). 
  

  

  Cranial 
  measurements 
  : 
  greatest 
  length 
  55 
  5 
  (5 
  4-3) 
  ; 
  con- 
  

   dylo-basilar 
  length 
  47*9 
  (45*3); 
  interorbital 
  breadth 
  21*2 
  

   (18-9); 
  zygomatic 
  breadth 
  33-2 
  (31'7) 
  ; 
  cranial 
  breadth 
  2 
  A-4 
  

   (24"3) 
  ; 
  median 
  length 
  of 
  nasals 
  16 
  8 
  (158) 
  ; 
  diastema 
  12'4 
  

   (ll"3) 
  ; 
  upper 
  molar 
  series, 
  including 
  ;;/«', 
  ITl 
  (ll'O). 
  

  

  Specimens 
  examined. 
  — 
  Thirty-five, 
  all 
  from 
  the 
  type- 
  

   locality. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  Somewhat 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  adjacent 
  main- 
  

   land 
  form, 
  but 
  very 
  constant 
  in 
  its 
  characters. 
  

  

  Sciurus 
  concolor 
  samuiensis 
  , 
  snbsp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Adult 
  male 
  (skin 
  and 
  skull), 
  No. 
  201/13, 
  Federated 
  

   Malay 
  States 
  Museum, 
  collected 
  on 
  Koh 
  Samui, 
  N.K. 
  Malay 
  

   Peninsula, 
  13th 
  May, 
  1913, 
  by 
  H. 
  C. 
  Robinson 
  and 
  \i. 
  

   Seimund. 
  Original 
  no. 
  5341. 
  

  

  Characters. 
  — 
  Allied 
  to 
  Sc. 
  c. 
  epomophorusf 
  from 
  Salanga, 
  

   and 
  differing 
  from 
  the 
  preceding 
  i-ace 
  {Sc. 
  c. 
  faitau-) 
  in 
  the 
  

   much 
  more 
  strongly 
  marked 
  shoulder- 
  and 
  flank-patches 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  rufous-hazel 
  colouring 
  of 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  under 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  tail. 
  

  

  Colour. 
  — 
  Upper 
  surface 
  much 
  as 
  in 
  Sc. 
  c.fallax, 
  but 
  sides 
  

   of 
  neck, 
  flanks 
  and 
  lower 
  portion 
  of 
  abdomen, 
  back 
  of 
  thighs, 
  

   and 
  base 
  of 
  tail 
  beneath 
  rufous-hazel. 
  Outer 
  surface 
  of 
  

   thighs 
  and 
  nuchal 
  region 
  slightly 
  suffused 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  

   colour. 
  Underparts 
  much 
  as 
  in 
  other 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  species. 
  

   Tail 
  with 
  clear 
  black 
  pencil. 
  

  

  Skull 
  and 
  teeth. 
  — 
  Do 
  not 
  differ 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  Sc. 
  c.fallax. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  — 
  Collectors' 
  external 
  measurements 
  (taken 
  

   in 
  the 
  flesh) 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  body 
  234 
  mm.; 
  tail 
  242; 
  hind 
  foot, 
  49. 
  

  

  * 
  Measurements 
  in 
  parentheses 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  an 
  adult 
  male 
  Sc. 
  c. 
  

   mi/feri 
  h'oni 
  Cheng, 
  Trang, 
  Western 
  Siamese 
  Mahiy 
  States; 
  Federated 
  

   Malay 
  Slates 
  Museum, 
  No. 
  11/10. 
  

  

  t 
  iiouhotp, 
  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  (7) 
  vii. 
  p. 
  272 
  (1901). 
  

  

  