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DR. A. GUNTHER ON NEW MAMMALS. 



[Nov. 7, 



brought to the Paris Museum by Diard and Duvaucel (p. C2). 

 With the evidence of two tailless specimens before us, we may well 

 be justified in supposing that this skeleton does not belong to the 

 same species of which he has figured the skull. 



3. On the Cranial Differences of the species q/ Atherura. 

 Of the three species of Atherura, viz. : — 



1 . A. fasciculata (Waterh., ?Shaw), from Siam, with simple, flat- 

 tened caudal bristles ; 



2. A. macrura (L., ,"W aterh.)= fasciculata (Gray, Cantor), from the 

 Malayan Province, with twisted and irregularly dilated caudal 

 bristles ; and 



Fig. 4. 



Atht rura macrura. 



Atherura africana. 



3. A. africana (Gray), from the west coast of Africa, with caudal 

 bristles as in the preceding*, — 

 * T have repeatedly (for instance, P. Z. s. 1867, p. 103) drawn attention to 



