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26-27, but liis skull measurements ot an adult female are nearly an 

 inch less both ways than the Sai Yoke skull which measures : — 



Sai Yoke skull. Basal length 5.67 in. Zygomatic breadth 3.85 



Pachin skull ,, ,, 5.3 ,, ,, ,, 3.25 



In the skull the number ot" molar and premolar teeth is variable, 

 but the skull is markedly different from that of any other members of 

 the family Viverridae, The skin may be recognized by the general- 

 ly coarse black pelage, tufted ears, naked tarsi and long bushy tail. 



It is 1 believe the only Siamese mammal with a truly pre- 

 hensile tail, and, according to the Karangs, can suspend itself by the 

 tail alone, 



Arctonijx collaris. The Hog-badger (Siamese " Moo Ring") 

 1 Female, Sai Yoke, 1 flat skin. Si-sa-wad, 



This full-grown female measured : — Head and body 30.2 in. 

 Tail 10.25 or with hair 13.2. Hind foot 4.2. Height at shoulder 12.5. 

 Ear 1.1. Snout to eye 4.2, Skull, basal 6.05 in. Zj'-gomatic breadth 

 3.36, and greatest breadth 3.58 in. 



Colour. Eye, very small, brown. Snout, yellowish pink ; lips, 

 pinkish white Feet and all body skin, yellowish. Toes broad and 

 mobile. Claws, bear like and grooved, pale horn. General colour of 

 of body and tail, dirty yellowish white, the longer body hairs being- 

 buff at base and tips, and black in middle. The head, face, ears and a 

 band beneath lower jaw, very dark brown. A whitish patch around 

 eyes, and a yellowish median line from crown to snout. Ears, tipped 

 buff. Fore legs and feet, black from shoulders down, hind feet black, 

 the legs buff and black. 



This specimen was obtained (10/6/15) in rocky bamboo jungle. 

 A coolie saw the animal approaching and missed it three times with 

 the 12 bore, and thereupon seized the animal by the tail and 

 broke its back with a stick. This behaviour accords with Col. 

 Tickell's statement that ^' it is dull of sight, and its only acute sense 

 appears to be that of smell." Two scent glands were found discharg- 

 ing into the post-caudal pocket, the latter formed by the base of the 

 tail which was 2 in. broad. The secretion was brownish yellow, and the 

 hind parts were stained by the flow ; and the stench so pervaded the 

 beast that the coolies, to their sorrow, were unable to eat the flesh. 



Mr. A. A. Porter obtained a specimen in Ralieng district, and 

 Blanford records the species from Tenasserim. The Bombay N. H. S. 

 survey failed to obtain it. 



Cliiropodomijs (gliroides) peguensis. The Burmese Tufted-tailed 

 Tree-mouse. 



1 male. This was obtained west of Si-sa-wad at 960 metres 

 elevation, in evergreen jungle. Length 96 mm. Tail 125. Hind foot 

 20.5. Ear from skull 18.2. Width between ear tips 45 mm. 



General appearance. Short broad head and large prominent 

 eyes. Ears almost circular. Feet short, with flat nails on pollex and 

 hallux. Colour. Brown above, the lower surface, white. Tail slightly 

 tufted, the longest hairs being on extreme one-third. Blanford records 

 this species from Burmali, and the Bombay N. PI. S. Survey has 

 recently obtained a number of specimens in southern Tenasserim. 



