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nent, and the olecranon process of the ulna ks shorter. The femur, 
tibia, and fibula are proportioned about ns they are in the two preced¬ 
ing- genera, but the metatarsals and phalanges are relatively longer. 
The scapula of Alherurivs is broad. 
ATHERURUS MACROURUS (Linnaeus). 
1763. [Htjxtrh:] macrmmt Li.vk.eps, Bystetna Naturte, 10th ed,, I, p. 67. Based 
on Seda, Rerum Nat, Theaaur, I, p. 84, pi. ui, fig. 1. Locality not known, 
other than l^ast I tidies.« 
1801. IlytAric rnacruura, Shaw, Gen. Zool., II, Pt 1, p. 9, pi. cxxiv. 
1830. Atherura fmcicutata, Bennett, Gardens and Menagerie Zool. Soc. London, 
pp. 176-178. 
1839-44IL faAciculaiti, Blainville, Osteog. Mamm., IV, pi, n. 
1844. //[gsfrir] faxcieufaki, Wagner, Supplementband Sehrebere Satigthiere, 
IV, p. 23. 
■- 1844. ffi/Htri.i: macroura , Wagner, Supplementband Sehrebera Sfujgthiexe, XV, 
pi. CI.SX. 
1848, Athernm macroura, Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm,, II, p. 472. 
1854. Atfururmfaseiculatus, Gkhvais, Hist. Nat. Mamm., p. 333. 
1878. A[therura] macroura, GOntheh, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1 a union, 1878, p, 742, 
fig. 3. 
1879. //[r/atnV] macroura, Jentink, Notes, Leyden Museum, I, 1879, p. 87. 
. 1891, Atfierurti macrura, Blakkoiuj, Fauna British India, Mamm., p. 448. 
1894, [df/irruro] macnmra, Jkntink, Notes, Leyden Museum, XVI, 1894, p. 207. 
1905, Atherura macroura, Wii.link, Natuurkundig Tijdachriit Nederlandsch 
Indie, LXV, p, 267. 
Distribution^ Malay Peninsula, Burma, and perhaps various 
Malayan Islands. 
Colar. —General effect of top of head, upper back, and of feet, 
Rjdgway’s drab, rather dark. The heavier spines are a blackish 
brown. On the shies, thighs, and unde quarts the spines have dull, 
dirty whitish bases and subterminal apical bands, with a drab or drab- 
gray band between them, and a very slight drab-gray apex. The 
chin and upper throat are particularly lightens well as an ill-defined 
lmnd across the chest. The light color of the bases and of the subter¬ 
minal rings of the spines show to a marked extent on the sides and 
underparts. The tuft of bristles at end of tail vary from dirty whit¬ 
ish to a dirty cream buff. 
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Mea&urevien t $.—See table, page 593. 
Specimen# examined .— Four, from Trong, Lower Siam, 
° Seba’s figure shows an animal much less spiny than any Malayan specimens I 
have semi. The description of the tail does not agree with specimens of this genus 
in the U. B. National Museum. Seha likens the swelling on the caudal bristles to 
grains of rice inclosed in an euveloi»c. In the specimen at hand each bristle, while 
hollow, is flat and alternately widened and contracted laterally in one plane only, 
and the expansions are much longer than are the enlargements shown in Seba’s 
figure. It is barely possible that the animal usually designated as Atftcrurus 
mocrourwt (Linnaeus) is really an unileseriljed species. At least it would so appear 
if Seba f s account is at all accurate. ‘ 
