no. 1809. MAMMALS FROM BORNEO AND VICINITY— LYON. 



Measurements of rats of the Epimys rajah group — Continued. 



Ill 



EPIMYS KINA (Bonhote.) 



1903. Mus kina Bonhote, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 11, p. 124, January, 

 1903. 



Four adult specimens of Epimys kina were collected at Balik-Papan 

 Bay, and one very young one along the Kendawangan River. They 

 differ very slightly, if at all, from typical E. cremoriventer Miller. 1 



(For measurements see table, p. 113.) 



EPIMYS SPATULATUS, new species. 



Type. — Skin and skull of adult male, Cat. No. 145499, collected on 

 Pulo Lamukotan, off west coast of Borneo, May 10, 1907, by Dr. W. L. 

 Abbott. Orignial number, 5214. 



Diagnostic characters. — A member of the Epimys cremoriventer 

 group 2 distinguished by its large size and the widened extremity 

 of the nasals. 



Color. — Type: Upper parts of head, neck, and body, a grizzly mix- 

 ture of ochraceous buff and dark brownish, the two colors in about 

 equal proportions; sides of head, neck, and body, and outer sides of 



i Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., vol. 13, p. 144, April 21, 1900. 



2 See Bonhote. Fasc. Malay., Zool., vol. 1, pp. 34, 36, October, 1903. 



