^[r. O. Tlii'ina-* on Ferret- Hiul^cr-t. li)5 



compared witli 40, 4'5, 4*5, 4"4, i:'2 in tlio new foim, llic 

 aiitero-iiitcnial flange ot tin's tooth almost obsoleto. 



Dimensions ot' the type (measured in flesli) : — 



lleiid and body 378 mm. ; tail IGl ; hind foot 62 ; 

 car ai. 



(Skull: greatest length 80; condylo-ba.sal length 773; 

 zygomatic breadth 4G; interorbital breadth 19'3; breadth 

 across cranial ridges 14 ; mastoid breadth 37 ; [lalatal 

 lcne:th 40; front of canine to back of m^ 27'3. 



Hitb. North-eastern Siam ; type from Nan, alt. 200 m. 



Tt/pe. Adult male. B.M. no. 1. 11. 8. 5. Original num- 

 ber 125. Collected 7th November, 1900, and presented by 

 Th. H. Lyle, Esq. Five specimens. 



Judging from an imperfect specimen sent by Dr. Vassal, 

 this small-toothed form apparently passes' down into Annam, 

 while in Camboja and Cochin China the genus is I'epresented 

 by M. pi'errei, Bonhote. 



Another ferret-badger from Tonkin has still smaller 

 teeth : — 



Melogale tonquinia, sp. n. 



Size doubtful, but the single immature skull is already 

 rather longer than in adult female iV. p. laotum. General 

 colour brown rather than grey. White head-markings at a 

 maximum, the white nape-band expanded on the crown to 

 within half an inch of the pre-aural light stripe, which is 

 connected behind the eyes with the frontal patch. Dark 

 <ye-rings narrow. Ears completely whitish, inside and out. 

 Light colour of cheeks, throat, chest, and inguinal region 

 strongly suffused with yellow — though this is probably an 

 individual peculiarity. Forearms and hind limbs brown, 

 hands and tips of toes white. 



Teeth decidedly smaller than in other species, the greatest 

 diameter of j[>^ only 8*0 mm., the transverse diameter of »i' 07, 

 and the internal antero-posterior diameter of the latter only 

 3'8 mm. ; similarly, below the carnassial isouly 7'G X 3"7 mm. 



Dimensions of type : — 



Head and body 350 mm. ; hind foot 58. 



Skull : greatest length 79. Teeth as above. 



IJab. Ton-kin. Type from Yen-bay, Song-koi River. 



Ty/;e. Immature female. B.M. no. 12. 4. 21. 4. Collected 

 12th (September, 1911, by H. Orii. Purchased of Alan 

 Owston. 



Although the coloration of this animal has a certain 



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