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  On 
  new 
  Mammals 
  from 
  the 
  Malay 
  Peninsula. 
  

  

  (7"2) 
  ; 
  lachryraal 
  notch 
  to 
  tip 
  of 
  premaxillaries 
  188 
  (22"9) 
  ; 
  

   upper 
  molar 
  series 
  14*4 
  (15'9). 
  

  

  Specimens 
  examined. 
  — 
  Twenty, 
  all 
  from 
  the 
  type-locality. 
  

  

  liemarks. 
  — 
  This 
  race 
  is 
  a 
  depauperated 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  adjacent 
  

   mainland 
  sub-species 
  T.f. 
  wUJcinsoni, 
  from 
  which, 
  apart 
  from 
  

   its 
  smaller 
  size, 
  it 
  may 
  readily 
  be 
  distinguished 
  by 
  having 
  

   the 
  entire 
  tail 
  concolorous 
  with 
  the 
  back, 
  not 
  blackish 
  above. 
  

  

  Ttfpaia 
  ferruffinea 
  ultima, 
  subsp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Tifpe. 
  — 
  Adult 
  female 
  (skin 
  and 
  skull), 
  No. 
  95/13, 
  Fede- 
  

   rated 
  Malay 
  States 
  Museum, 
  collected 
  on 
  Koh 
  Pennan, 
  

   N.E. 
  Malay' 
  Peninsula, 
  26th 
  May, 
  1913, 
  by 
  H. 
  C. 
  Robinson 
  

   and 
  E. 
  Seimund. 
  Original 
  no. 
  5450. 
  

  

  Characters. 
  — 
  In 
  size 
  and 
  cranial 
  characters 
  similar 
  to 
  

   T.f. 
  operusa, 
  but 
  pelage 
  duller 
  and 
  paler 
  throughout. 
  

  

  Colour. 
  — 
  Upper 
  surface 
  grizzled 
  black 
  and 
  butf, 
  darkest 
  

   on 
  the 
  median 
  line 
  of 
  back 
  and 
  rump, 
  where 
  the 
  black 
  haiis 
  

   are 
  numerous 
  and 
  conspicuous. 
  Shoulder-stripes 
  more 
  

   marked 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  race. 
  Tail 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  

   similar 
  to 
  the 
  flanks. 
  Under 
  surface 
  buff. 
  

  

  Skvll. 
  — 
  Kesemhles 
  T.f. 
  operusa 
  and 
  T.f. 
  belangeri, 
  but 
  

   with 
  an 
  even 
  shorter 
  rostrum. 
  

  

  Measurenienis. 
  — 
  Collectors' 
  external 
  measurements 
  (taken 
  

   in 
  the 
  flesh) 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  body 
  166 
  (173*) 
  mm. 
  ; 
  tail 
  162 
  (167) 
  ; 
  hind 
  

   foot 
  38-5 
  (400) 
  ; 
  ear 
  165. 
  

  

  Cranial 
  ineasuiements 
  : 
  greatest 
  length 
  45"5 
  (48'0) 
  ; 
  basal 
  

   length 
  38-8 
  (420) 
  ; 
  palatal 
  length 
  23-0 
  (25-8) 
  ; 
  palatal 
  

   breadth 
  at 
  anterior 
  molar 
  — 
  (8'2) 
  ; 
  zygomatic 
  breadth 
  

   23-1 
  (25-8) 
  ; 
  least 
  interorbital 
  breadth 
  13-3 
  (14-0); 
  cranial 
  

   breadth 
  18"8 
  (]9"1) 
  ; 
  bieadth 
  of 
  rostrum 
  at 
  diastema 
  6*1 
  

   (7"0) 
  ; 
  lachrymal 
  notch 
  to 
  tip 
  of 
  premaxillaries 
  17'6 
  (20 
  6) 
  ; 
  

   upper 
  molar 
  series 
  14'2 
  (14"6). 
  

  

  Specimens 
  examined 
  — 
  Twenty, 
  all 
  from 
  the 
  type-locality. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  This 
  form 
  is 
  the 
  smallest 
  and 
  shortest-muzzled 
  

   of 
  all 
  the 
  Malayan 
  races 
  of 
  2\ 
  ferrvyinea, 
  and 
  entirely 
  lacks 
  

   any 
  reddish 
  wash 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  surface. 
  

  

  * 
  Measurements 
  in 
  parentheses 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  T.f. 
  olscvra 
  

   from 
  Great 
  liedang 
  Island 
  olf 
  tlie 
  coast 
  of 
  Trengganu 
  ; 
  l^ederaled 
  Malay 
  

   States 
  Museum, 
  No. 
  2:^79/10. 
  British 
  Museum 
  no. 
  12. 
  10. 
  7. 
  3. 
  

  

  