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Bonhote in his paper (I.e.) limited the range of Sc. concolor to the 

 southern part of the Malay Peninsula, and gave the name of epomojihorus 

 to the form of it referred to by Blanford as having " the sides of the neck 

 and flanks rufous". In davisoni these rufous patches have faded to a 

 "yellowish tinge ". The type locality is Bankasun, where it was taken by 

 Davison ; the bulk of the present series are therefore topotypes. 



" Very plentiful everywhere, both around habitations and in the thickest 

 forest. A thickset rather clumsy looking squirrel. "Wherever there are 

 plantations this squirrel destroys large numbers of cocoanuts, by drilling a 

 circular hole in the side and extracting the contents. 



Weight.— 10-14 ozs. 



Vernacular name. — Tupai (Malay, Bankachon)." — G. C. S. 

 (45) Menetes bekdmobei, Blyth. 



Bevdmore' s Squirrel. 



1849. Sciurus berdmorei, Blyth., J. A. S. B., XVIIl, p. 60-3. 



1891. Sciurus berdmorei, Blanford, Mammalia No. 2-58. 

 cJS, Bankachon ; § 1, Thaget ; $ 1, Banlaw. 



" This species spends most of its time on the ground, occasionally it may 

 be seen running along railings or up and down slanting or broken bamboos, 

 but never at any distance from the ground. At Bankachon it is said to be 

 often found on the edges of rice fields, around Maliwun it was occasionally 

 seen running across tracks and among long grass, and bamboo scrub, 

 especially in the early evenings, but I have also seen it in the thickest 

 forest. It is very like Tupaia in its movements, hiding at the smallest 

 noise and not readily making a second appearance. 



Weight.— 7i ozs. 



Vernacular name. — Quuah (Malay, Bankachon).'' — G.[C. S. 



(46) TaBIIOPS MACCLEILANDI BARBEI, Blyth. 



The Striped Burmese Squirrel. 



(Synonymy in No. 14.) 



cJ 21, $ 13, Tenasserim Village ; S 2, Thaget ; d" 3, $ 11, Banlaw, 



'' Completely arboreal. I have never observed this species actually on 



the ground. Common around villages on the Tenasserim Pdver but not 



observed further south. More plentiful in native fruit gardens than in 



jungle. 



Weight.— lA-2 ozs."— G. C. S, 



(47) Hapalomys longicaudatus, Blyth. 



Berdmore' s Rat. 



1859. Hapalomys longicaudatus, Blyth, J. A. S. B., XXVIII, p. 296. 

 1891. Hapalomys longicaudatus, Blanford, Mammalia No. 269. 



(51, $ 1, Bankachon. 

 This rare rat is distinguished from all other Oriental Muridcs by the 

 presence of a triple row of tubercles on the lower molars. It is about 

 the size of JE. rufescens, has a very long tail, four toes on the front feet, 

 and the great toe of the hind-foot flattened, with a broad flat nail, instead 

 of a claw, 

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