5i.l 



•IV. AK\<HN(>tii|;k \ \|\(.N.V (II^.IHJ^,. 



Oj). cit. p. 214. 



3 <j. 



Out of the 49 species of Mnls pr.xuivj, :3:{ ( iniiik«-<l witli ;iu 

 asterisk) are strictly confiiit'd. mo far as tlif PmiiiHiila i-* cuik i'nn-<l. to 

 the zone above :3,0(»() foot, while thrco ( imirkeil with ii (lauiitT) iin* o( 

 only acc'idt'utal oeturnMice Ix'low that lintit. Of tin- n'lnuindtT. nix 

 may lx> c-las.sed as subnionlanc \vhil<' only scsi-n ai'«' '^MK-nilh met with 

 at low elevations. 



Compared with the list of 8<I si>eci»'s from tin- hillK of Ni'>jri 

 Sembilaii (« ///*-(», p. 21i*) it will Ih> ohservcd that only ton sjMH-ies -riT. : 



Macropygia rufieeps 

 Nyctiornis amicta 

 Chotorhea mystaeophaues 

 Pyrrhopicus porphyromelas 



Calyptoin«'na viridis 

 Ahrornis schwain'ii 

 Ht'uiixus rinercus 

 Sta(divris davisoni 



Chrysophlefrma humei Cittocintda ma«runi 



are common to both lists, while of these It) s|)ecie«. .seven an- hiw-land 



species, three are submontane and none an' IukIi elevation forms. 



It is, therefore. I think, fairly evident that at some com|»anitively 

 recent time a barrier has existed l^'tween the mountains of Soutliern 

 Selan«.,'or and their continuation in Ne<^'ri Sembilan, sufti.ient to j.n-- 

 vent the extension of the dominant continental and Sumatran form 

 southwards. It is evident, also, that this barrier must liave lieen a sub- 

 stantial one, as wide stretches of low eoiuitry separatin-^' the Gunonir 

 Tahan Ranges from the l»ackbone of tlu' Peninsula have nut sufficed to 

 effect any specific differentiation in the fauna of the two nmges. 



Such evidence as is afforded l»y the small numli«'r of mannmils 

 found at hi-h elevations also lM\irs o\it the same contention. 



ON NEW MAMMALS FROM THE MALAY PENINSULA 



AND ADJACENT ISLANDS. 



15V HKlMJKin' C. KolMNSON. • .M./.v. anh I. ItODKN Kl."'^- • ^ 



1. lin'l'(>SI|)KK(>S UI Dl. KYI, »/». <"•<■. 



TYPE.— Adult male in spirit with extnu'ted Mkull. No. 2«Mi^ 11. 

 Selangor Museum. Collected in the Hotani.- (lard.-nH. Sin;ra- 

 pore, by H. N. Kidley, Escp. in June, I'.'l 1. 



Characters.— A saucer- slmix^d disc in front of th.* n..^tnU ftJ"»v.> 



the hori/.ontal m..'*e leaf. No suppl.'mentary n-.s.. Lmv.-, ..i. th !.-, 



of muzzle. 



Colour.— Dried from spirit. Hairs of inl.ice aUuit 1" nun. in 

 lenrth. the tij.s dark-brown. the Uises dull brownish-'white for two- 

 thirds the lenu'th. Eur extending on to the wini; mombn»ne«. «Um« 

 and Ih'Iow. for about 7 unu. from the sides of the JhhIv. Membnin.>*. 

 sooty-brown to black, inferior edge of the antebmrhium nftir-mly 

 edsxed with dull y.-llow. 



