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  Mammals 
  from 
  the 
  Mahnj 
  reninsula. 
  233 
  

  

  Cranial 
  measurements 
  : 
  palatal 
  length 
  9*4 
  (9 
  9*); 
  lachry- 
  

   mal 
  breadth 
  of 
  rostrum 
  4 
  2 
  (4*4) 
  ; 
  greatest 
  breadth 
  above 
  

   molars 
  7'0 
  (7'3) 
  ; 
  maxillary 
  tooth-row, 
  including 
  incisors, 
  

   lO'l 
  (10"1) 
  ; 
  mandibular 
  tooth-row, 
  including 
  incisors, 
  

   9-0 
  (9-3). 
  

  

  Specimens 
  examined. 
  — 
  One, 
  the 
  type. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  The 
  pale 
  coloration 
  sutficiently 
  separates 
  this 
  

   form 
  trora 
  the 
  other 
  local 
  races, 
  while 
  the 
  maxillary 
  tootli- 
  

   row 
  is 
  relatively 
  longer 
  than 
  in 
  C. 
  malayana, 
  which 
  it 
  

   approaches 
  in 
  size. 
  

  

  Tapaia 
  ferruginea 
  operosa, 
  subsp. 
  ji. 
  

  

  Tt/pe.—M\x\i 
  female 
  (skin 
  and 
  skull). 
  No. 
  93/13, 
  Fede- 
  

   rated 
  Malay 
  States 
  Museum, 
  collected 
  on 
  Koh 
  Samui, 
  N.E. 
  

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

   E. 
  Seimund. 
  Original 
  no. 
  5335. 
  

  

  Characters. 
  — 
  A 
  small 
  dull 
  -coloured 
  species 
  resembling 
  

   T.f. 
  wilkinsoni 
  f 
  from 
  the 
  adjacent 
  mainland, 
  but 
  smaller, 
  

   in 
  that 
  respect 
  closest 
  to 
  T. 
  f. 
  ubscuraX 
  from 
  the 
  Redang 
  

   Islands, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  shorter 
  rostrum. 
  

  

  Colour. 
  — 
  Entire 
  upper 
  parts 
  a 
  speckle 
  of 
  ochraceous 
  buff 
  

   and 
  black, 
  brightest 
  on 
  the 
  rump 
  and 
  thighs. 
  Shoulder- 
  

   stripe 
  very 
  slightly 
  marked. 
  Under 
  surface 
  rich 
  buff. 
  Tail 
  

   like 
  back 
  above 
  and 
  below, 
  but 
  more 
  coarsely 
  annulajted, 
  

   lacking 
  any 
  pale 
  median 
  area 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  surface. 
  

  

  Skull. 
  — 
  As 
  in 
  T.f. 
  belanyeri 
  and 
  T.f. 
  obscura, 
  but 
  Avith 
  a 
  

   slightly 
  shorter 
  rostrum. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  — 
  Collectors' 
  external 
  measurements 
  (taken 
  

   in 
  the 
  flesh) 
  : 
  — 
  ■ 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  bodv 
  163 
  (180 
  §) 
  mm. 
  ; 
  tail 
  155 
  (175) 
  ; 
  hind 
  

   foot 
  40 
  (42) 
  ; 
  ear 
  17. 
  

  

  Cranial 
  measurements 
  : 
  greatest 
  length 
  472 
  (51*8); 
  basal 
  

   length 
  40-5 
  (44-9) 
  ; 
  palatal 
  length 
  244 
  (280) 
  ; 
  palatal 
  

   breadth 
  at 
  anterior 
  molar 
  8"1 
  (9'5) 
  ; 
  zygomatic 
  breadth 
  

   23"8 
  (25"9) 
  ; 
  least 
  iuterorbital 
  breadth 
  12"9 
  (14 
  5) 
  ; 
  cranial 
  

   breadth 
  18*9 
  (20*9) 
  ; 
  breadth 
  of 
  rostrum 
  at 
  diastema 
  6*5 
  

  

  * 
  Measurements 
  in 
  parentheses 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  Crocidura 
  

   tncdcujana 
  from 
  Maxwell's 
  PTill, 
  l-arut, 
  Perak, 
  3300 
  ft. 
  ; 
  i'ederated 
  Malay 
  

   States 
  Museum, 
  No. 
  1801/11. 
  

  

  t 
  Robinson 
  k, 
  Kloss, 
  Joura. 
  Fed. 
  Malay 
  States, 
  iv. 
  p. 
  173 
  (1911). 
  

  

  X 
  Kloss, 
  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  (8) 
  vii. 
  p. 
  116 
  (1911). 
  

  

  § 
  Measurements 
  in 
  parentheses 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  T.f. 
  ivilldn- 
  

   soni 
  from 
  Ko 
  Khau, 
  Trang, 
  Siamese 
  Malay 
  States; 
  Federated 
  Malay 
  

   States 
  Museum, 
  No. 
  1138/10. 
  British 
  Museum 
  no. 
  12. 
  10. 
  7. 
  1. 
  

  

  