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Hylomys ppguensis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxviii, p. 294 ; id. Cat. p. 82 ; 



Anderson, Tr. Z. S. viii, p. 4o3, pi. 04 ; id. An. Zwl. Res. p. 133, 



pi. vi ; id. Cat. p. 157. 

 Gyninura suilla, Dobson, Mon. Ins. p. 5. 



Tail short, one sixth the length of the head and body, almost 

 naked, and covered with small scales arranged in rings. Ears 

 rather larger proportionally than in O. rafflesi, rounded, almost 

 naked. Body clothed with hair of three kinds, the inner fine, the 

 longer coarse and bristly. Claws stout, but little curved. 



Skull not so long as that of G. raffiesi. Third upper premolar 



Fig. 59. Upper teeth of Hylomys suillus (Anderson). 



scarcely larger than the second. Vertebrae : C. 7, D. 14, L. 6, 

 S. 4, C. 14. 



Colour. Above rusty brown, below pale yellowish white ; the 

 seminude portions of the limbs and tail brownish yellow. The 

 hairs on the back are tipped with black. 



Dimensions. Head and body 4'9 inches, tail 0-9, length of ear 

 0-6, breadth the same, hind foot 1. Length of skull 1-4, zygomatic 

 breadth 075. 



Distribution. Burma, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Java. 

 Within our area this animal has been hitherto found in only two 

 localities rather distant from each other first by Major Berdmore 

 near Shwe Gyeng, on the Sittoung(Sitang) river ; secondly by Dr. 

 Anderson on the Kakhyen hills, east of Ehamo, at an elevation of 

 3000 feet. Probably G. suilla exists in many parts of Burma. 



Nothing is known of the habits of this species. The above 

 description is taken from that by Anderson, as I have been unable 

 to examine a specimen. 



Family TALPID.E. 



Fossorial, rarely natatorial or cursorial Insectivora, having their 

 fore limbs more or less modified for digging, and very anteriorly 

 placed, owing to the shortness of the clavicles and forward exten- 

 sion of the manubrium sterni, with which they are articulated ; 

 with a short humerus articulating with both the scapula and the 

 clavicle; with well-developed radius and ulna, but with united 

 tibia and fibula ; without symphysis pubis, the pubic bones being 

 widely separated, while the acetabula are approximated ; with 

 elongated skull, provided with slender zygomatic arches and 



