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with those of pelaurista are small and have 11 pads each, distributed 
ав — ve digital, five meta-tarsal, and one tarsal large, elon- 
gate n the side. The tail, it will be noticed, forms exactly 
the total dios of the animal. 
Cornovz.—Above blackish rufous with white patches which are 
most numerous on the fore part of the back. Undernea ath the fur is 
pe rf 
only a few white flakes. The head is light chestnut slightly flaked. 
The tail ashy rufous at En root with a few dashes of white and the 
last two-thirds dead blac 
‚ А closer examination of the colouring brings out the following 
ints :—Nostrils naked and flesh-coloured with a asas basal ring. 
greyish white; chin black, teu a large spot. мамысы 
lead colou 
with black, and palms as in fore-paws. The parachute is margin 
with darker red all round. А single hair from the back shows a 
bluey-grey basal portion of fine texture graduating into à coarser 
texture of black which is ringed with red, the tip being black. The 
hairs constituting the white flakes are pure white throughout. 
THe Ѕкотл, has the following measurements :— 
Extreme length ve .. 23 inches (64 mm.) 
Basal " “ys oec Шатт (bom) 
Zygomatic breadth ... we 1b o G8 mm.) 
Occipital $ к „ук А p (Зо mm.) 
Dentition :—i. 2; pm. 2; m$. 
The first pre-molar is deciduous and 1 very small, but larger than 
that of petaurista in the two skulls compared. 
A comparison of the anatomy of the skull with an adult one of 
P. petaurista shows a few possibly мол bandi псев. The nasal 
nes are narrower—i.e., not spread so much—- e pre-maxillz 
have a pinched appearance, showing up distinctly t the long alveoli of 
the incisors to their full length. The whole of the fore part of the 
skull, in fact, is proportionately narrower than that of petaurista, but 
the dorsal portion of the fronto-parietal suture is exactly the same 
width in both pce inch, or say 17 mm. The inter-orbital de- 
pression, present on the dorsal surface of the frontal, is moe so deep as 
in petaurista. Posteriorly the skull is more roun the parallel 
rid nspicuous in the parietals of petawrista not ing so ананын. 
ital 8 
(say 65 E ^. ей the circle with the th tat of arch, the T 
Basally 
Basally ага is ‘ey little differetive 6 apart from t 
Having carefully weighed up all these details, there te out two 
facts ibis gee important. Firstly that the new squirrel is not a 
| rista, and secondly that the record of its occurrence 
, indeed, to the Federated Malay States. Whether 
