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longirostris. Third lower molar consisting of only two cross 

 ridges and a terminal heel, the entire length of the tooth much 

 less than that of the tooth preceding teeth combined. In form 

 it closely resembles Nehring's figure of the same tooth in Sus 

 celebensis* and is very different from that of Sus longirostris and 

 Sus cristatus.j 



Measurements. — External measurements of type : total 

 length, 1870 ; head and body, 1575 ; tail, 295; height at should- 

 er, 850 ; height at rump, 800 ; ear from meatus, 88 ; ear from 

 crown, 97 ; width of ear, 75. Weight 113 kg. Cranial mea- 

 surements of type : greatest length, 480 (465)§; basal length, 

 405 (390) ; basilar length (to tip of premaxillary), 410 (397); 

 palatal length to tip of premaxillary. 330 ( — ) ; width of palate 

 at pm. I, 50 (45) ; zygomatic breadth, 162 (148); least interor- 

 bital breadth 80 (76) ; length of nasals, 240 (230) ; greatest 

 breadth of both nasals together, 38 (38) ; occipital depth (to 

 lower rim of foramen magnum), 140 (140)." 



I have recently had the opportunity of examining the skull 

 and freshly flayed skin of a Battam boar presented to the 

 Kaffl.es Museum, Singapore, by Mr. Romenij and have been 

 struck by certain details in which it differs from the above 

 characters, but as this is merely a comparison of one isolated 

 individual until the description of another it is unsafe to draw 

 any conclusions. 



On roughly comparing the partially cleaned skull, however, 

 with those of three longirostris ? boars in the Raffles Museum 

 from the Baram R., Sarawak, the greater facial angle and 

 breadth of palate and lower jaw were immediately noticeable. 



A space of 10 m.m. only separates the upper incisors from 

 each other. 



*Abhandl. u. Bericlite des K. zoologisch. u. anthrop.-ethnol. Mul. 

 zu Dresden, 1888-1889, ph ii, fig. 8. 



fin Sus barbatus, this tooth is, according to Nehring, of the usuas 

 form, that is with three cross ridges and a terminal heel. 



^Measurements in parenthesis are these of an adult male Sus 

 longirostris. 



Jour, Straits Brai*ch 



