122 



27. DREMOMYS RUFIGENIS BELFIELDI. 

 Funambulus rufigenis belfieldi, Bonhote, Journ. Fed. Malay States 



Mus., iii, p. 9, pi. I. (1908). 



? . Kao Nawug, Baudon, N.E. Malay Peninsula. 1,200-1,500 feet. June. 

 ? . Kao Xawng, Bandon, N.E. Malay Peninsula. 3,500 feet. June. 



These specimens exactly agree with numerous skins from the 

 Selangor mountains, the typical locality of the race, and differ from a 

 co-type of B. rufigenis, Blanford, in being generally duller in 

 colour, especially on the cheeks, and in having the hind-feet quite 

 concolorous with the back. Bonhote in his description has reversed 

 these facts and his letterpress applies to D. rufigenis and not 

 to D. r. helfieldi at all, though the plate correctly represents the 

 latter form. The colour of the silk}^ patch behind the ears appears 

 to be a character of little importance. 



The Baudon specimens appear very slightly smaller than those 

 from the mountains of the Malay Peninsula further south, but the 

 differences are insignificant and are quite possibly individual. 



In Selangor this squirrel is confined to the ridges of the higher 

 mountains where it lives a partially terrestial existence amongst the 

 giant Parulanus and the zerophtic plants clothing the summits. In 

 Bandon on the other hand it descends the hills and is found on the 

 ground amongst the ordinary ti'opical vegetation of a su.bmontane 

 forest. 



(For measurements see p. 124.) 



28. RHINOSCIURLS TUPAIOIDES, Bltth. 

 Rhinosciurus pei'acer, Tkos. and Wrought., Journ. Fed. Malay States 



Mus. iv, p. 120 (1909). 



1. Kao Nawug, Bandoa, N.E. Malay Peninsula, 1,400 feet. June, 1913. 



2, 2. Ban Kok Klap, Bandon, N.E Malay Peninsula. June, 1913. 

 Thomas and Wroughton (loc. cit. supra) separated a specimen 



from Perak from animals occuring in Selangor, which they identified 

 as R. tuiKiioideii, under the above name, on the ground that while the 

 tails of the latter were washed with whitish, the hairs of the former 

 were tipped with buffy ochraceous. 



Examination of the series of 26 long-snouted squirrels of the 

 Peninsula in the Federated Malay States Museums (by far the 

 lai'gest in existence) shows that local races founded on these distinc- 

 tions cannot at present maintained. Localities in the above series 

 ranare from Bandon in the north to Neg-ri Sembilan and Southern 

 Pahang in the south, and individuals with yellowish and whitish 

 washed tails occur both in the south and in the north. It is possible, 

 however, that when larger collections have been made, it will be 

 found that the majority of the animals living in the south will be 

 seen to have tails with the paler colouration and if that is the case 

 the name peracer can be revived. 



(For measurements see p. 124.) 



