1900.] MAMMALS OP SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA. 351 



Pahang. There is a specimen from the Batu Caves, Selangor, in 

 the Museum at Kuala Lumpor. 



Distribution. Siam, Malay Peninsula (Penang, Selangor, Pahang, 

 Malacca, Singapore), Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



100. Nyctinomus plicatus (Buchanan). The Indian Wrinkled- 

 lipped Bat. 



Nyctinomus tenuis, Cantor, p. 9. 



Nyctinomus plicatus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamin. p. 354. 



Cantor records this species from the Malay Peninsula. 



Dobson (Cat. Cbir. B. M. p. 425) records specimens from the 

 Malay Peninsula and Singapore. 



An interesting account of these bats at Hpagat, Salween, Burma, 

 by Capt. A. E. S. Anderson, appeared in ' Natural Science,' 1899, 

 p. 259, taken from the " Administration Beport of the Marine 

 Survey of India, 1897-98." 



Distribution. India, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, 

 Borneo, Philippines. 



101. Nyctinomus johoeensis Dobson. Dato Meldrum's Bat. 

 Nyctinomus johorensis, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B.M. p. 432. 



The type specimen was obtained in Johore by Dato James 

 Meldrum. He sent it to Wood-Mason, who presented it to the 

 Indian Museum, 1872. So far as I am aware, this is the only 

 specimen in any collection. 



Distribution. Malay Peninsula (Johore). 



Order R0DENTIA. 



Family Sciueld^:. 



102. Pteeomys oeal Tick. The Large Brown Flying-Squirrel. 

 Pteromys oral, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 361, fig. 122. 



" Baang-let " of the Siamese. 



While in Siam (Nov. 1898) I was shown the skin of a Flying- 

 Squirrel shot at Prachei (a place between Ayuthia and Korat), 

 which agreed exactly with Blanford's description of this species. 



Distribution. India, Ceylon, Burma, Mergui Archipelago, Siam. 



103. Pteeomys petaueista, Pallas. The Large Malay Flying- 

 Squirrel. 



Pteromys nitidus, Cantor, p. 44. 



Pteromys nitidus, O. Thomas, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 73. 



" Tupai Terbang" or " Kubin " of the Malays of the Peninsula 

 (Cantor). 



" Tupai Belang " of the Malays (Ridley). 



"Grabah" or " Kubin" of the Malays (L. Wray, jun.). 



Cantor records this species from Penang, Singapore, and the 

 Peninsula, and says it is " very numerous in the Malayan countries. 



