1906.] Allen, Mammals from Hainan, China. 481 



24. Ursus sp. 



Ursus tibetanus SWINHOE, P. Z. S., 1870, p. 230. 



Mr. Swinhoe says he was shown "a large black shaggy skin" of a 

 bear said to have been taken in Hainan, which he judged to be 

 U. tibetanus "rather than of Ursus malayanus Horsf. " 



25. Crocidura (Pachyura) murina Auct. 



Sorex myosurus SWINHOE, P. Z. S., 1870, p. 231. 



Sorex murinus SWINHOE, P. Z. S., 1870, p. 620 (the reference to Hainan). 



One specimen, adult male, Manrin, June n, 1903. 



The proper name of the Oriental shrew commonly known as 

 "Sorex murinus Linn." or "Crocidura murina," I have not the 

 means at present to determine. Linnaeus's Sorex murinus (Syst. 

 Nat., ed. XII, 1766, p. 74) is indeterminable from the brief diagnosis 

 beyond the point that it was some kind of a shrew, with "Habitat 

 in Java." As this island is now known to be the home of a con- 

 siderable number of species of Crocidura, Linnaeus's diagnosis is 

 wholly indeterminate. It therefore remains for some one to establish 

 the correct name of the so-called C. "murina" of southern Asia, and 

 to determine its geographical races, its alleged range extending from 

 Arabia to Japan. 



Swinhoe (7. c.) says: "The Muskrat was common in the houses 

 in the capital city, and I was often disturbed in my room at night 

 by its clinking note." He does not mention having taken or ex- 

 amined specimens. 



26. Tupaia modesta sp. nov. 



Type, No. 26654, <^ ad., Lei-Mui-Mon, Hainan, Jan. 5, 1903. 



Above olivaceous gray, a little darker along the middle of the back than on 

 the flanks and limbs, and with a very slight rufescent tinge on the rump and 

 thighs; no trace of dorsal or shoulder stripes; fur soft, mixed with stiffer, longer 

 black-tipped hairs ; basal half of fur slaty, the apical half ringed with yellowish 

 olive and black; ventral surface yellowish gray, brighter on the breast, foreneck, 

 throat, median line, and anal region ; on the foreneck the color deepens to yellow- 

 ish buff; tail above like the back, below with the central line of short hairs 

 buffy gray, the longer hairs, which are quite coarse and 22-24 mm. long, ringed 

 alternately twice with pale yellowish gray and black, the outer bands much 

 broader than the inner, the tips of the hairs yellowish ; the tail pattern below is 

 thus a broad central band of yellowish gray, with, on each side, a narrow band 

 of black, then a broader one of pale grayish buff, and another still broader of 

 black, with a buffy outer fringe; feet dull yellowish-gray brown; ears dull dark 

 brown, thinly haired. 



Measurements (type, from skin). Total length, 328; head and body, 178; 

 tail vertebras, 150 ; tail to end of hairs, 177 ; hind foot, 43 (with claws 47) mm. 



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