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2 Skull only, but specimen measured in flesh by collector. 



EPIMYS SEBUCUS, new species. 



Type. — Skin and skull of adult male, Cat. No. 151964, collected 

 on Pulo Sebuku, off southeastern coast of Borneo January 2, 1908, 

 by Dr. W. L. Abbott. Original number, 5717. 



Diagnostic characters. — A member of the Ejrimys firmus 3 group, 

 differing from the typical form in a more reddish brown general col- 

 oration. 



Color. —Type: Upper parts and sides of head, neck, and body 

 and outer sides of legs a coarse grizzly mixture of blackish and a 

 color something between russet and tawny olive, the russet more 

 conspicuous posteriorly; under parts and inner sides of legs, buff or 

 buffy, the hairs practically the same color to their bases; tail uni- 

 formly brownish throughout; feet similar, ears dark brownish, very 

 scantily haired with short dark hairs. 



Pelage.— Pelage of three kinds of hairs, short, uniformly grayish 

 colored under fur; longer hairs with dark bases, a russet-tawny olive 

 middle portion and blackish tips; and long, slender grooved bristles, 

 uniformly blackish in color; the three types named in the order cf 

 their abundance. Middle portion of tail with ten scales to the cen- 



1 Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1902, p. 155, June 11, 1902. 



