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Dimensions of type (measured in the flesh) : — Head and body, 130 mm. ; 
Tail, 95 mm. ; Hind foot, 28 mm. ; Ear, 12 mm. 
Skull, Greatest length, 35 mm. ; Basal length, 28 mm. ; Length of 
palate from henselion, 15 mm. ; Length of molar series, 5*5 mm. ; Zygomatic 
breadth, 21*5 mm. ; Interorbital breadth, ii mm. ; Length of ansals, 10 mm. 
Habitat, Bukit Besar, Nawngchik, 2500'. 
Type, Adult female, collected on the 30th August, 1901. Original 
number, 136. 
The size of this squirrel suffices to distinguish it at once from Sc, lowii^ 
the only species v/ith which it might be confounded. In colour it is rather 
paler and lacks the warm tinge. One specimen only was obtained, so that it 
would not appear a very common species, though possibly occasionally confused 
with Sc. tenuis^ from which it may be at once distinguished by the colour of 
the under parts. That another species of Bornean facies should occur on the 
Peninsula is by no means surprising, and we may soon expect to find most 
Bornean species with their Malay representatives. 
‘ In the field this species might certainly be readily confounded with 
Sc. tenuis., but I find that this specimen is noted in my journal as possibly 
distinct.’ 
44. Funambulus insig^nis jalorensis subsp. nov. 
Funambulus insignis (Cuvier) Bonhote., P.Z.S. 1900, p. 878. 
When working out the ‘ Skeat ’ collection I noted that the single specimen 
sent home differed from those hitherto described, and the advent of two more 
specimens exactly resembling it leave no doubt of the existence of a distinct 
race from the Eastern side of the Peninsula. 
Differs from S. insignis of Sumatra in its much greyer coloration, the 
only rufous parts being the shoulders and thighs. The dorsal stripes are black 
and well marked, the centre one reaching as far as the back of the crown of 
the head. Under parts pure white, except the inside of the thighs, which are 
yellowish. 
Skull. The skull is rather more slender than those from the West Coast 
of the Peninsula, and may be most easily recognized by the nasals, which are 
slightly shorter and taper off posteriorly to a much greater extent. The series 
of skulls is so imperfect that it is not possible to give a fuller description. 
Dimensions of type (measured in the flesh) : — Head and body, 183 mm. ; 
Tail, 98 mm. ; Hind foot, 38 mm. ; Ear, 10 mm. 
Habitat, Bukit Besar (JaloP), 2500'. 
I. Strictly speaking the side of Bukit Besar on which we collected is not in Jalor, but in the neignbouring petty 
State of Nawngchik. The boundary, however, was said to run along the crest of the hill barely half-a-mile from our 
encampment. Edd. 
