134 



8. RATUPA MELANOPEPLA DECOLORATA. 



Bohinson and Kloss, torn, cit , p. 227. 



Koh Samui, 13 examples. 



Koli Pennan, 1 example. 



Wh^n we described this race of Giant-squirrel we were unaware 

 that the type locality of Rattifa melanopepla was (as Mr. (r. S. Miller 

 has recently pointed out i) the island of Telibon off the west coast of 

 the Peninsula, and not Trang on the mainland as was originally 

 stated by him. 



No distinction has been drawn between the colour of the Telibon 

 Island form and that from the mainland with which the present race 

 closely agrees, but in size the animal inhabiting the Bandon Islands 

 appears to be a little smaller than the western insular race and thus 

 considerably smaller than the peninsular animal. 



(For measurements see p. 135.) 

 ^ Smithsoniav Miscellaneous Publications, Vol. 61, No. 21., p. 25 (Dec. 29, 1913). 



