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Kloss, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) vii., p. 117, 1911. 



Type.— Adult male (skin and slcnll), No. 2573/10, Selangor 



Museum, collected on Grreat RedanLC Island, off Trenggan\i, east coast 



of the Malay Peninsula, 81st August, 1910, by C. Boden Kloss. 



Original No. 3369. 



Characters. — A large member of the sub-genus Crocidara, larger 



than C. fidiginnm and darker above. Approaching in size C. lejyi- 



tJiira, Lyon,* of Eastern Sumatra, though with a i-elatively smaller foot, 



but larger than any other Sumatran or Indian form of the section. 



About the same size as the Bornean C. halnensh, Thos., t but with 



smaller tail and foot, and less dense fur. 



Colour. — Above, dark ashy-brown, the bases of the hairs dark- 



grev, each hair about 6 mm. long ; below, ashy-brown to ashy-grey, 



palest on the throat, the bases of the hairs grey, rather lighter than 



the bases of the dorsal hairs ; sides of body and abdomen very 



slightly frosted by whitish tips to the hairs ; the lateral glands of the 



males concealed by patches of adpressed hairs (9x4 mm.) ashy -brown 



throughout ; ears clad with very fine hairs ; feet dark above, the 



inner edges paler, scantily covered with short dark hairs ; the terminal 



phalanges of the hind-feet with a few white hairs overhanging the 



nails ; tail finely annulated, dark-brown above paler below, clad with 



minute adpressed bristles throughout, the basal half with a few long 



pale hairs : vibrissse with white ti])s and black bases, the longest 



about 20 mm. 



Skull and Teeth. — I can detect no difference other than that of 



size between those of the Redang Island shrew and the skull and 



teeth of others from the Peninsula mainland. 



Measurements. — For measurements of type and other specimens 



obtained see table below : 



Specimens Examined. — Three (one in alcohol), all from the type 



locality. 



Remarks. — There are no traces of lateral scent glands in the 



single female obtained. This island shrew is exceeded in size amongst 



known Indo-Malayan sj^ecies of the sub-genus by C. lepidura and 



approached by C. haluensls only. It is considerably larger than the 



largest Crocidtira inhabiting the Malay Peninsula, which is about the 



same size as C. iveheri, Jentinck,:]: from Singkarah (near Padang), 



Sumatra. 



* " Proceedings of the United States Nat. Mus.," vol. xxxiv., 1908, p. 662. 

 t " Annals and Magazine of Xatnral History," ser. 7, vol. ii., Sept. 1898, p. 247. 

 X Weber, " Zool. Ergelm. Reis Niederland Ost-Indie," 1890, i., p. 124. 



