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  IMessrs. 
  H. 
  ('. 
  Robinson 
  and 
  C. 
  B. 
  Kloss 
  on 
  

  

  straight, 
  not 
  arclied. 
  From 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  rottus 
  gronp 
  it 
  is 
  

   separated 
  by 
  larger 
  size 
  and 
  less 
  dilated 
  buUfe, 
  which 
  most 
  

   resemble 
  those 
  of 
  E.fcpilerh, 
  and, 
  therefore, 
  are 
  far 
  smaller 
  

   than 
  those 
  of 
  E. 
  bullatus. 
  The 
  teeth 
  are 
  decidedly 
  larger 
  

   than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  rattus 
  group. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  — 
  Collectors' 
  external 
  measurements 
  (taken 
  

   in 
  the 
  flesh) 
  ; 
  — 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  bodv 
  225 
  (222^) 
  mm. 
  ; 
  tail 
  273 
  (251); 
  hind 
  

   foot 
  39 
  (41); 
  ear''26 
  (23). 
  

  

  Cranial 
  measurements 
  : 
  greatest 
  length 
  49" 
  1 
  (52*0) 
  ; 
  basal 
  

   length 
  41 
  "5 
  (45"0) 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  palatal 
  foramina 
  9'4 
  (825) 
  ; 
  

   breadth 
  of 
  combined 
  palatal 
  foramina 
  35 
  (3*25) 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  

   nasals 
  189 
  (20*0); 
  interorbital 
  breadth 
  6-4 
  (7-0); 
  zygo- 
  

   matic 
  breadth 
  22 
  (24-0); 
  cranial 
  breadth 
  17-7 
  (18-0) 
  ; 
  

   diastema 
  13"3 
  (15'0) 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  molar 
  row 
  8'2 
  (9 
  0). 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  This 
  rat 
  is 
  obviously 
  quite 
  distinct 
  from 
  any 
  

   of 
  the 
  Malayan 
  rats, 
  though 
  it 
  may 
  possibly 
  be 
  allied 
  to 
  

   Mus 
  boiversi, 
  of 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  only 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  examine 
  

   figures 
  of 
  the 
  skull. 
  The 
  external 
  characters 
  are, 
  however, 
  

   very 
  different 
  from 
  the 
  plate 
  given 
  by 
  Anderson 
  f- 
  

  

  Crocidura 
  neyligeris, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Type.—Mn\i 
  male 
  (skin 
  and 
  skull), 
  No. 
  275/13, 
  Fede- 
  

   rated 
  ]\Ialay 
  States 
  jNlnseum, 
  collected 
  on 
  Koh 
  Samui, 
  N.Pl 
  

   Malay 
  Peninsula, 
  12th 
  May, 
  1913, 
  by 
  H. 
  C. 
  Robinson 
  and 
  

   E. 
  Seimund. 
  Original 
  no. 
  5338. 
  

  

  Characters. 
  — 
  A 
  very 
  pale 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  genus, 
  about 
  the 
  

   same 
  size 
  as 
  C. 
  malayanaX, 
  smaller 
  than 
  C. 
  klossii^, 
  and 
  

   C. 
  aoris 
  §. 
  

  

  Colour. 
  — 
  Above 
  and 
  below 
  uniform 
  pale 
  "Payne's 
  grey'* 
  

   with 
  no 
  tinge 
  of 
  brown. 
  Tail 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  scattered 
  whitish 
  

   hairs. 
  Adpressed 
  hairs 
  of 
  lateral 
  scent-gland 
  somewhat 
  

   paler 
  in 
  colour 
  than 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  pelage. 
  

  

  Skull 
  and 
  teeth. 
  — 
  Skull 
  mucii 
  damaged, 
  but 
  apparently 
  not 
  

   differing 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  local 
  races. 
  Smaller 
  than 
  

   that 
  of 
  C. 
  malayana. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  — 
  Collectors' 
  external 
  measurements 
  (taken 
  

   in 
  the 
  flesh) 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  body 
  92 
  mm. 
  ; 
  tail 
  62 
  ; 
  hind 
  foot 
  14*7 
  ; 
  ear 
  10. 
  

  

  * 
  Measurements 
  in 
  parentheses 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  an 
  adult 
  male 
  specimen 
  

   of 
  E. 
  huUatns 
  (Lyon), 
  type 
  of 
  E. 
  vilhsus 
  (Kloss), 
  from 
  Singapore 
  Island 
  ; 
  

   Selangor 
  Museum, 
  No. 
  1.348/08. 
  

  

  t 
  Anderson, 
  Anat. 
  & 
  Zool. 
  Kes. 
  p. 
  304, 
  pi. 
  xvii. 
  (1878). 
  

  

  X 
  .Journ. 
  Fed. 
  Malay 
  States 
  Mus. 
  iv. 
  p. 
  1^43 
  (1911}. 
  

  

  § 
  Ami. 
  I't 
  Mag. 
  Nat! 
  Hist. 
  (8) 
  x. 
  p. 
  .W* 
  (IDli^). 
  

  

  