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11. RHINOLOPHUS TRIFOLIATUS, Tkmm. 



Rhinolophus trifoliatus, Temm., Mon. Mamm., ii., p. 27, pi. 31 

 (1835); Blanf. Mamm., p. 272; Flower, o/>. cit., p. 341 ; ^ncfa. Ann. 

 Mag. Nat, Hist. (7), xvi., p. 249 (1905). 



a. in ale. Guiiong Tahan, Pahang. 500ft. 



This specimen, so Mr. Knud Anderson informs me, is, although 

 fully grown, young ; the fully adult individuals being much lighter in 

 colour. Great care must be taken to distinguish this species from 

 R. sedulus (Ands., loc. cit., p. 347), which externally bears a striking 

 resemblance to R. trifoliatus, and can only be distinguished with 

 certainty by its skull characters. 



12. RAT UFA BICOLOR M EL AXOPEPLA, Mill. 

 Ratufa melanopepla, Miller, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., ii., p. 71 (1900). 

 Ratufa bicolor (Sparrm.) ; Blanf. Mamm., p. 373 ; Flower, op. cit., 

 p. 354 ; Bonh., op. cit., p. 18. 



a. m. ad. Kuala Tembeling, Pahang River. 200 ft. 22nd August, 1905. 



b. /. „ Kuala Teku, Tahan River, Pahang. 500 ft. 3rd August, 1905. 



Further material has, as T anticipated (Fascic. Malay. Zool,, i., p. 19), 

 proved the Malayan form to be subspecifically distinct from the true 

 R. bicolor which occurs in Java, one of the chief points of difference 

 being the large and conspicuous light tips to the hairs of the tail. 

 The two specimens in this collection are especially interesting, as 

 showing two stages of the bleaching across the rump. In the female, 

 the whole of the back (except the rump) is of a uniform deep purplish- 

 brown, almost black, on the rump the hairs are of a much lighter 

 brown as well as being coarser and rougher to the touch. In the 

 male, the back and rump are practically uniform in colour, the hair 

 being of a dark glossy purplish-brown, most of them minutely an- 

 nulated or tipped with red, and these red tips are most conspicuous on 

 the outside of the thighs across the lower back. 



[Speaking generally, in the southern half of the Malay Peninsula, 

 this species is not nearly so common as the following. The present 

 form is, however, frequently found in villages and orchards, which, so 

 far as my experience goes, is never the case with Ratufa a •finis aurei- 

 venter. 



Near our 8th Camp on Gunong Tahan at an altitude of about 

 5,300 ft. I watched for some time a Squirrel of this type, differing only 

 in its apparently larger size and in having the ears very markedly 

 tufted. Not having a gun with me at the moment, I was unable to 

 secure it, and it was never seen again. Not improbably it was Ratufa 

 gigantea (McClell.), which is reputed to occur in the north of the 

 Peninsula — H. C. R.] 



13. RATUFA AFFINIS AUREIVENTBR (Geoffi:.). 

 Sciurus aureiventer, Is. Geoffr. Guerin,Mag. Zoul., 1832 ; id., Yoy. 

 Lid. Orient. BeJanger, p. 150 (1832). 



