MAMMALS OK BORNEO. 1 7 



FAMILY TARSIID^. 

 GENUS TAKSIUS. 



TARSIUS SPECTRUM. 



Lcmar spectrum^ Pallas, nov. spec, Quad, e Glir. ord. 

 1778, p 275 nt. 



This curious little animal is found in the jungle of the low 

 country skipping abou!: from branch to branch. It has a habit 

 of turning its head almost completely round without moving 

 the other part of its body. It has very large eyes and curious 

 pads on each of its fingers. Dyak name ' Ingkat.' 



Hab. Baram River (C. Hose). Lundu River (A. Everett). 



OR DE II CARNIVORA. 



FAMILY FELID.E. 



GENUS FE LIS. 



FELIS NEBULOSA. 



Felt's ucbulosa, Griffith, p 37, plate (1821). 



The clouded leopard has the tail thickly furred, nearly the 

 same thickness throughout, and long, about four fifths the 

 length of the head and body. Caudal vertebrae 25. 



Skull long, low, narrow. Orbit widely open behind. 

 Hinder termination of bony palate concave ; mesopterygoid 

 fossa narrow. Lower edge of mandible straight from symphysis 

 to near the angle, then concave. The upper canines are longer 

 relatively than in anv other living cat, and have a very sharp 

 edge posteriorly. Anterior upper premolar frequently but not 

 always wanting. Colour, general tint varying from greyish or 

 earthy brown (cat-grey) to fulvous (light yellowish brown) ; 

 lower parts and inner sides of limbs white or pale tawny. 

 Head spotted above ; two broad black bands, with narrower 

 band or elongated spots between them commence between 

 the ears, run back to the shoulders, and are prolonged, more or 

 less regularly, as bands of large oval or elongated marks 

 along the back. Sides of the body usually divided into large 

 subovate, trapezoidal, or irregular shaped darker patches by 

 narrow pale bands, the patches in places edged with black, 

 especially behind. In old specimens the dark patches are 

 sometimes indistinguishable, but the black edges remain as 

 irregular stripes. The limbs and under parts are marked with 

 large black spots. Tail with numerous dusky rings, often 

 interrupted at the sides, those near the body traversed above 

 by a longitudinal band. 



