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subterminal and basal yellow bands are broad, especially the latter, while the 

 blackish band diminishes in size as it is traced backwards, so that the tail is a dirty 

 rufous-yellow. The ears are clothed with short, finely-speckled hairs. The tarsus 

 of this species is completely clad in its upper two-thirds, but the inner portion of 

 the lower half over the metatarsus is bare. In S. hrachyurus the tarsus has much 

 the same character, whilst in JS. vitticollis it is wholly nude on its under surface, 

 as in S. pallidus. The claws are moderately developed. 



Inches. 



Length of head and trunk ......... 17-30 



„ of tail without hair . . . . . . . . . 10-50 



„ „ with hair 11*70 



The skull of this species is distinguished by its short, rather broad muzzle, 

 and by apparently an imperfect orbit, as all the sutures are lost, and yet the 

 two processes are far apart. The nasal portion of the palate is rather short and 

 moderately broad, considerably less so than in M. urva. The post-orbital contraction 

 is well marked. The ridges from the orbital processes of the frontal are separate to 

 the middle of the parietals, but form two prominent lines. 



Sabitat, — Borneo. 



