Journal of the Federated Malay States museums - Sabrizain.org
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[gi8.] C. 13. ]<br />
i<br />
i The urs in <strong>the</strong> adja< enl i ;lands oi ( lallang,<br />
Setoko and Bulang ; and a closely allied form, T.flavicollis,<br />
inhabits <strong>the</strong> neighbouring island ol<br />
The original description is a- t illows : " Ruf< scent ful-<br />
hest bordei<br />
vous, <strong>the</strong> hairs »uli black tips, bel w less bright; neck ind<br />
< bin. on <strong>the</strong><br />
bright fulvous :<br />
oi <strong>the</strong> i<br />
:. front and innei sidi <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> thighs and <strong>the</strong><br />
tail white : crow n and<br />
darker fulvous; muzzle, stripes about thi<br />
feel<br />
outer sides and margins oi !<br />
' !.....<br />
imme-<br />
I<br />
diatelj distinguishable from all <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>i spei ii - by <strong>the</strong><br />
brightness <strong>of</strong> its colouring, md oi <strong>the</strong> nuchal<br />
nd <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> white on <strong>the</strong> under surface <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> body."<br />
Mr. Oldfield Thomas has kindly supplied me with details<br />
individual ; but <strong>the</strong><br />
dimensions ire nol greater than might I ittained<br />
i<br />
tarn animal -. foi every rai ihows a<br />
ible range in size when a series is examined.<br />
The measun Hindfoot, including ho<strong>of</strong>, 134;<br />
upper extreme length <strong>of</strong> skull. 1 ..' 3 : condylo basal length ol<br />
Skull 117: tooth row 43.5.<br />
It was an old female with worn teeth thai had lived in<br />
confinement, but trie skull is sound and perfect: B.M. Reg.<br />
No. 18. 10. 1 1. H'.<br />
Battam animal.; vary a little in <strong>the</strong> amount <strong>of</strong> black<br />
clouding on <strong>the</strong> upper surface <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> bod and in examples<br />
where it is strongest <strong>the</strong> chevron ol th is also a<br />
little blackened.<br />
Specimens •<br />
1<br />
m<br />
though man_\ more have passed through my hands.<br />
i hi 1<br />
The synonomy will be :<br />
—<br />
it th< mi >ment ol v ritin ;,<br />
Mosclms Stanleyanus, Gray. P.Z.S. 1836, p. 65 (el V<br />
/ ra Miller, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXI.<br />
1907, p. 251; Lyon, ibid, p. 653; id., op. cit., XXXVI, cgog,<br />
p. 481: Miller, op. cit., XXXVII, pi. 2. lower<br />
figure; Kloss, Journ. Straits Branch Roy. Vsi t. Soc, No. 50,<br />
1908. p.<br />
Tragulus stanleyanus perflavits, Thoma and Wro<br />
Journ. F.M.S. Mus. IV, ki iiu i'. i-iS: Lydekker, Cat. L T<br />
ng.<br />
Brit. Mus. IV. 1915. p<br />
I<br />
. .<br />
1<br />
Tragulus formosus, Miller. Proi<br />
XVI, io" ;. •', p. ; id Proi<br />
id., op. cit., WWII<br />
U.S.<br />
p. 6.<br />
liar.<br />
Mi PSUS.<br />
Nat. Mus., XXI. 1906, p. 251<br />
Journ. F.M.S. Mu ., IV, Tgog Cat I<br />
Brit. Mus., IV, H)i = . ;<br />
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Wroughton,<br />
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