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moss covered stunted jungle, and it is apparently a true 

 mountain species, as I have since obtained other specimens, 

 none of which were found belon^ 3000-tt. 



Hab. Mount Dulit (Type of species) 5000-ft (C. Hose). 

 Mount Batu Song 3000-ft. (C. Hose). Mount Kina Balu 

 (A. Everett). 



TUPAIA GRACILIS. 



Tupaia gracilis^ Thos. Ann. Mag. N. H. 1.SQ3. 



Very similar in general appearance to T. nu'iKjr, but much 

 larger, and with longer hind feet. 



Dimensions — head and body ibo mm., tail 170, hind- 

 foot 38. 



Hab. Sarawak (G. Doria). Apoh R. (A. Everett). Baram 

 River (C. Hose). 



GEN U S DEN D R G A L E. 

 DENDROGALE MURINA. 



IJcn /rngtilc ninn'na^ Miiller and Schleg. p. 167. 1839- 1844. 



This tree shrew is easily distinguished from any of the 

 Tupakc by the stripes on the face ; the size is about that of 

 Tapnia mclnunra. 



Hab. Pontianak (Diard). 



G EN U S PTILOCE RC US. 

 PTILOCERCUS LOWII. 



Ptihiccrcas /uicii, Gray, P.Z.S. 1848, p. 2}. 



Blackish-brown, very minutelv grizzled with the yellowish 

 tijjs of the hairs : lips, lower part of cheeks, chin, and beneath 

 yellowish : sides of the face inclosing the eyes black. Tail 

 black ; barbs white, except a few hairs near the scaly part, 

 winch are black. 



Length ^h mches ; tail, 6i ; hind-foot, i. Skull : length, 



Hab. Kuching ( Type of species), (H. Low), Baram River 

 (C. Hose), Lawas Mountains (A. Itverett). 



F A :\1 r [. Y E R I N A C E I D /E . 



G E N U S G Y .Al N U R A . 



GYMNURA RAFFLESL 



(j\iniiura ;7/y^t'.i'/ Horsfield and Vigor, Zool. Tourn., iii., p. 

 248, pk 8 (1827)."^ 



Tail about three fourths the length of the bead and body, 

 compressed towards the tip, naked scaly, the scales small and 

 arranged in rings, between which short hairs project, becoming 



