NO. 21 FIFTY-ONE NEW MALAYAN' MAMMALS — MILLER 5 



Measurements. — Type: head and body, 520 nun.; tail, 420; hind 

 foot (dry), 75.8 (71.4) ; condylobasal length of skull (basal suture 

 closed, teeth much worn), 99.3 (101.0) ;* zygomatic breadth, 56.8 

 (60.0) ; breadth of braincase, 33.3 (33.7) ; interorbital breadth, 17.6 

 (17.2) ; breadth of rostrum over canines, 18.8 (19.2) ; mandible, 75.1 

 (73.2) ; maxillary toothrow exclusive of incisors, 39.0 (37.9) : man- 

 dibular toothrow exclusive of incisors, 42.1 (41.6). 



Specimens examined. — Three from Saint Matthew Island and 

 two from St. Luke Island. 



PARADOXURUS HERMAPHRODITUS PULCHER, new subspecies 



Type. — Adult female (skin and skull), No. 124142, United Slates 

 National Museum. Collected on Clara Island, Mergui Archipelago, 

 January 11, 1904, by Dr. W. L. Abbott. Original Xo. 3033. 



Diagnosis. — Like Paradoxurus hermaphroditus fallens but ground 

 color both above and below between cartridge-buff and cream-buff, 

 more yellowish than in any of the other known races. 



Measurements. — Type: head and body, 485 mm.; tail, 460; hind 

 foot (dry), 83.5 (80.5) ; condylobasal length of skull (basal suture 

 closed, teeth much worn), 101.3 (103.2) \" zygomatic breadth, 56.6 

 (61.2) ; breadth of braincase, 34.8 (33.0) ; interorbital breadth, 16.5 

 (16.8) ; breadth of rostrum over canines, 18.8 (20.2) ; mandible, 

 75.3 (78.3) ; maxillary toothrow exclusive of incisors, 38.0 (38.3) ; 

 mandibular toothrow exclusive of incisors, 42.2 (43.4). 



Specimens examined. — Two, both from Clara Island. 



Remarks. — The peculiar yellowish hue of the pale areas in this 

 animal is unique among the members of the genus that I have seen. 



PARADOXURUS HERMAPHRODITUS CANUS, new subspecies 



Type. — Adult female (skin and skull), No. 123976, United States 

 National Museum. Collected on Pulo Terutau, off west coast of 

 Lower Siam, April 7, 1904, by Dr. W. L. Abbott. Original Xo. 32 m ). 



Diagnosis. — Like Paradoxurus hermaphroditus pattens but light 

 element in markings faintly though perceptibly less yellowish than 

 in P. h. varus; throat blotched with buffy white; size somewhat lc^s 

 than in pollens or ramus. 



Measurements. — Type: head and body, 510 mm.; tail, 440; hind 



1 Measurements in parenthesis are those of a male (basal suture closed but 

 visible, teeth moderately worn) from the type locality (No. 124033). 



2 Measurements in parenthesis are those of a male (No. 124141) of same 

 age as the type. 



