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SCIENTIFIC RESULTS FROM THE MAMMAL SURVEY. 



BY 



0. Thomas, f.r.s., and Kathleen V. Ryley. 



IV. 

 A New Species of Leggada From Mysore. 



Leggada SIVA, sp. n. 



A Leggada most nearly resembling Cinderella, btit differing from 

 that species in having a longer muzzle and more rufescent coat. 



Size medium. Fur soft and mixed with spines. General colour 

 of fur above drab grey with rufescent tips, base of hair ashy grey. 

 Head, face and ears the same colour as back. Feet as usual white. 

 Tail of average length, about equalling the hodij without the head, 

 dark above and white below. Under surface Mdiite, the hairs grey 

 to their bases ; line of demarcation on flanks sharply defined. 

 Skull rather longer than in Cinderella, the muzzle, as indicated by 

 the lengths of the nasals and diastema, distinctly longer. 



Palatal foramina shorter and not extending so far backwards, their 

 end opposite the middle cusp of the first laminae of m\ 



Dimensions of the type, (recorded by the Collector). Those of 

 L. Cinderella placed in brackets. — Head and body 81 (85); tail 

 66 (65); hindfoot 16 (16); ear 14 (13). 



SJcidl. — Condylo-incisive length 22*6 (21*8) ; zygomatic breadth 

 12 (12); nasals 10 (9-1); breadth of braincase 11-0. 



Habitat. — Sivasamudram, S. Mysore. Altitude 2,500 feet. 



Type. — Old female. B. M. No. 13. 2. 16. 1. Original number 

 2070. Collected Nov. 20th, 1912, by Mr. G. C. Shortridge. 

 Presented to the National Collection by the Bombay Natural His- 

 tory Society. One specimen only. 



"No. 2070 was trapped among rocks, all of the other kinds of 

 Leggadjtt being obtained among patches of scrub jungle." G.C.S. 



