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NEW MAMMALS FKOM THE MALAY PENINSULA 



REGION. 



Bv C. BODEN KLOSS, K.z.s., 

 Cl'hatuu, Skl.vngok Statk MrsKUM. 



T N the culleetious of the Selauyur State Museum there are examples 

 ^ cf several Mammals from the Peninsular Region ^ which have not 

 hitherto received the recognition that the distinctness of their char- 

 acters requires. Descriptions of four of them are now published. 



PAR,Al>OXUllUS (HERMAl'lIRODITl S) MILLER!, sp. mv. 



Type.— Adult female (skin and skull), No. 2821/07, Selangor 

 Museum. Collected on Tioman Island, East Coast, Malay Peninsula, 

 9th October, 1907, bv H. C. Robinson. Original number 18. 



Characteks. — Smaller than Paradoxarits hennaphroditus and 

 paler throughout, with brown, not black, markings. Dorsal stripes 

 practically obsolete and upper proximal half of tail like back except 

 mesially. 



Colour. — Greneral colour above a pale silvery di'ab-grey, slightly 

 suffused with pale-buff posteriorly : hairs with ashy-brown bases and 

 brown tips. Dorsal region with irregular rows of undefined brown 

 spots, forming ou back of neck an indistinct dull mottling and dis- 

 appearing on sides Avith which chest and abdomen are concolorous. 

 Centre of abdomen suffused with buff. Limbs brown, slightly griz- 

 zled with silvery except on feet. Muzzle, below eyes, cheeks, chin 

 and throat, crown, ears and behind ears, brown ; crown and throat 

 grizzled. A distinct pale brow-band which extends below ears to 

 sides of neck. A few white hairs below eyes and on chin. Proximal 

 half of tail like rump above, buffy below ; distal portion blackish- 

 brown, extending towards the base along the median line of the dorsal 

 surface : extreme base of tail below grizzled brown. 



Skull and Teeth. — When compared with skulls of Paradoxiirus 

 hertnajjhroditus from the Peninsula that of P. ndlleri shows several 

 essential diffei'ences. The least breadth between the maxillaries on 

 the rostrum is much greater, while the posterior extension of the 

 maxillaries is less : the constriction behind the post-orbital processes 

 commences more suddenly and is far shorter, giving increased length 

 to the brain-case. There is a far greater posterior extension of the 

 palate ; the audital bullae are less dilated and truncated, but are 

 somewhat flattened on the outer sides, while the anterior extremities 

 are elongated into distinct spinous processes. Viewed laterally the 

 upward flare or curvatui-e of the zygomatic arches is much less 

 pronounced. The teeth are too worn for comment. 



} Post, p. 147. 



