262 0)1 a neio Mink-like Mu3tela//-c»?i Javrt. 



of almost uuiform otter-brown coloration above and below, 

 Soles very hair}'. Fur short, hairs of back about 6 mm. in 

 leiio:fh, the longer hairs quite glossy, as in the mink. 



Colour. — Above almost uniform brown (darker than 

 " Mars-brown " of liidgway), sparsely interspersed with 

 white hairs, which may be accidental; tail with a somewhat 

 golden tinge, and a faint indication of a dark tip ; conch of 

 ears with golden hairs. Beneath somewliat lighter, nearest 

 to " Prout^s brown " of Ridgway ; lips, chin, and interramia 

 white. 



Skull. — That of a typical weasel, the profile of the rostrum 

 somewhat convex, not specially flattened ; the bullae large, 

 flattened, quadrate, not triangular in outline, their inner 

 margins nearly parallel. Mastoid ridges prominent. Inter- 

 pterygoid space truncate, not rounded at the anterior extre- 

 mity. Teeth with no special peculiarities. Posterior upper 

 molar dumbbell-shaped. 



Dimensions. — Head and body (dry skin) 360 mm.; tail 180; 

 hind foot 50. 



Skull : total length 58'5 ; basal length 53*8 ; condylo- 

 basilar length 58 ; palatal length 26; rostral breadth (behind 

 canine) 12*3 ; interorbital breadth 11*8 ; zygomatic breadth 

 30 ; mastoid breadth 26*5 ; maxillary tooth-row (including 

 canine) 16*5 ; mandible from symphysis to most posterior 

 point of condyle 32"8, 



Specimens examined. — One, the type. 



Remarks. — This specimen was shot by a Dyak collector 

 while it was engaged in killing a Lariscus insignis javana. 

 In colour it presents an extraordinary resemblance to a young 

 otter, and on this account was unfortunately not measured in 

 the flesh. The species would appear to be allied to J/, suh- 

 hemachalana, Hodgs., known from Sikkim aiid Nepal at high 

 elevations, and also recorded from near Bhamo and tlie 

 Karin Hills*, but differs by its much darker colour, in 

 which respect it is so like a European mink {Mustela lu- 

 ireola) as only to differ by the golden tinge of the hairs of 

 the ears and tail. The fur is not so long as in that animal, 

 nor the tail so bushy, as is only natural in a tropical climate; 

 but otherwise, apart fr^m the skull, there is very little to 

 distinguish the two. 



* Thomas, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xli. p. 919 (1892). 



