MAMMALS OF BORNEO. 4I 



GENUS T A P H Z U S . 

 TAPHOZOUS AFFINIS. 



Taphozoiis a finis ^ Dobson. 



TAPHOZOUS LONGIMANUS. 



Tapliozous iongimanus^ Hardw. 



TAPHOZOUS MELANOPOGON. 



Taphozoiis ijiclauopogoii, Tenim. 



GENUS EM BAL LONUll A. 



EMBALLONURA MONTICOLA. 

 Emhalloimra inonticola^ Temm. 



EMBALLONURA SEMICAUDATA. 

 Ejiiballonura scinicaudata^ Peale. 



R D E R R D E N T I A . 

 F A M I L Y S C r U R I D /E . 



GENUS P T E R <) M Y S . 

 PTEROMYS NITIDUS. 



Pteromys nitidiis, Desmarest. Nouv. Diet, d' Hist. Nat. 

 vol. xxvii. 18 18, p. 403 ; 



Native name ' Kubang mirah.' 



The colour of this flying squirrel ma}^ be described as a 

 deep rich maroon-chesnut, inclining to black on the upper 

 parts, the hairs being black-tipped on the back. On the base 

 of the tail, which is bushy, the black tips are longer, and the 

 chestnut portion of the hair becomes an obscure blackish 

 chestnut, so that the tail, throughout by far the greater part 

 of its length, is black, from the prevalence of the black tips 

 and the dark underlying colour. The feet are concolorous 

 with the body, which presents no trace of grizzling. The under 

 parts are rich red-chestnut, liable however, to become paler, 

 and the chin is blackish. 



\\\ the Leyden museum there is a large flying squirrel 

 from Borneo, which appears to be a variety of this species. 

 It is intermediate in its character between Pteromys vitidiis 

 and Pteromys melanotis, but unlike the latter, to the colour 

 of which it has a general resemblance, it has no black points. 



These flying squirrels usually frequent the clearings on 

 which a few large trees are left standing. Living during the 

 day time in holes about thirty to a hundred feet up the trunk, 

 and coming out in the evening just at sundown. They breed 

 in holes, not making a nest, and have from two to four young 

 ones. 



Hab. Baram river (C. Hose). Sarawak (C. Hose). 



