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1917-] C. B. Kloss: Mongooses <strong>of</strong> <strong>Malay</strong> Peninsula. 125<br />
Colour — Pelage a grizzle <strong>of</strong> blackish and buff, base <strong>of</strong><br />
hair dark brown on back, blackish on abdomen. Top <strong>of</strong><br />
muzzle blackish ; top <strong>of</strong> face and head dark rufous, finely<br />
grizzled; lower cheeks ferruginous; median line <strong>of</strong> back<br />
faintly tinged with rufous; fore and hind feet darker and<br />
more finely annulated than <strong>the</strong> body; chin yellowish rusty:<br />
undersides <strong>of</strong> body and limbs less speckled than <strong>the</strong> back.<br />
Skull and teeth :—Do not differ from M. birmanicus or<br />
siamensis.<br />
Measurements:— Head and bod)', 316 (328) 1 ; tail 236<br />
(253); hindfoot, 58 (54); ear, 24 (24). Skull: greatest length,<br />
69.5; condylo-basal length, 67.3; palate length 36.0 (32.2);<br />
upper molar row c-m- (alveoli) 24.5 (24.8) ; /»» 4 , length 6.8<br />
6.9), greatest diameter, 7.2 (.7.5); rostral breadth above<br />
canines, 12.3 (11.7) ; zygomatic breadth, 33.7 (31.5) mm.<br />
Remarks:—The small size <strong>of</strong> this species immediately<br />
distinguishes it from M. j. peninsulae though its colour is<br />
almost exactly similar; <strong>the</strong> dark rufous head separates it<br />
from birmanicus and its darker colour in general from siamensis.<br />
MUNGOS INCERTUS, Sp. 110V.<br />
Type:— Male skin collected at Ongut, Trang, Siamese<br />
<strong>Malay</strong>a on 3rd February, igio.<br />
Diagnosis:—Intermediate in size between M. peninsulae<br />
and M. perakensis : pelage longer than in ei<strong>the</strong>r ; head brighter;<br />
colour generally ra<strong>the</strong>r more rufous, pale annulations coarser;<br />
underside <strong>of</strong> body dull ochraceous, very slightly speckled ;<br />
base <strong>of</strong> tail ra<strong>the</strong>r ochraceous below.<br />
Measurements:—Head and body, 350 (361)-; tail, 276<br />
(265) ; hindfoot, 63 (62) ; ear, 20 (22) mm.<br />
Remarks: — I do not know <strong>of</strong> any species <strong>of</strong> which this<br />
animal is <strong>the</strong> <strong>Malay</strong>an representative; it appears to be too<br />
large for M. birmanicus, etc. Probably belonging to it are<br />
two old mounted specimens in <strong>the</strong> Museums from Perak<br />
which I have recorded as Herpesfes auropunctatus birmanicm<br />
(Journ. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. No. 53 p. 28, 1909)<br />
but it is impossible to say with certainty as <strong>the</strong>y have suffered<br />
from exposure and no measurements have been recorded.<br />
1 Measurements in paren<strong>the</strong>ses those <strong>of</strong> a young adult female from <strong>the</strong><br />
same locality (No. 116/14).<br />
isurements in paren<strong>the</strong>ses those oi a female from near Taiping,<br />
Perak (No •<br />
Sept., 1917. 5