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attained. Teeth very large, inuoh larger than in any of the northern 

 members of the group, and only equalled by those of the very much 

 larger Javan species. 



Dimensions of the Type (immature), measured in flesh : 



Head and body, 388 mm. ; tail, 179 ; hind foot. 49 ; ear, 16. 



Skull : condylo-basal length, 66 ; basal length, 61.5 ; zygomatic 

 breadth, 42.3 ; interorbital breadth, 17 ; tip to tip of postorl)ital pro- 

 cesses, 31.5 ; palatal length, 31 ; breadth of mesopterygoid fossa, 12.3 ; 

 length of upper tooth series, 35, of anterior maxillary tooth (p'^ ) 7.1, 

 of second ditto ( p^ ) 5.8. of |)^ and the three upper molars together 

 15, of Pa 7.2, oi p^ 7.5 ; three lower molars together 12.1. 



Hab. and Type as above. 



This species is characterised by the great proportionate size of its 

 teeth, which considerably exceed those of any of the geographically 

 neighbouring forms, and equal those of the much larger Javan animal. 



At the suggestion of Mr. Robinson I have named this new Flying- 

 lemur in honour of Sir W. T. Taylor, k.c.m.g., Eesident-Greneral, 

 Federated Malay States, who rendered the exploration of these 

 islands possible by permitting the use of the Grovernment yacht 

 " Meran " for the purpose. 



TUPAIA SORDIDA, Mill. 



T. c. p. 231. 



^321; ?320. Jiiara Bay, Tioman, 

 Topotypes. 



PARADOXURUS HERMAPHRODITUS, Pall. 

 (J 297. Juara Bay, Tioman. 



PETAURISTA MELANOTUS, Gray. 

 (J 294, 296; $295. Juara Bay, Tioman. 



These specimens differ considerably in the size of their skulls, 

 that of 294, being about as large as in examples from Malacca, while 

 295 is little longer than the small P. nitidula of the Natunas. 



RATUFA (MELANOPEPLA) TIOMANENSIS, Mill. 



P. Wash. Ac. ii. p. 130 (1900). 



^283,286,287,288,289; $284,28.5. Juara Bay, Tioman. 



Topotypes. 



Several characters, external and cranial, are given by Mr. Miller 

 for the distinction of the Tioman Ratufa, but the only one which 

 this series confirms is the slightly shorter tail, and as his own 

 measurements completely intergrade, I should certainly consider 

 the animal as merely a subspecies of the mainland form. 



