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254 <strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> F.M.S. Museums. [Vol. VII,<br />
Bandon. Three examples from Pafani, on <strong>the</strong> east coast <strong>of</strong> th :<br />
I<br />
1<br />
Peninsula in <strong>the</strong> same latitude as Pedis, are interm&diatee<br />
though ra<strong>the</strong>r duller 'iter <strong>the</strong>y have <strong>the</strong> nape<br />
stripes equally pronounced: with aid probably be<br />
ted animals from Patani recorded by Bonhote as<br />
Tragulus javanicus (P.Z.S. tgoo, i>. 883: Biserat and Bukit<br />
and o<strong>the</strong>rs as (Fasciculi<br />
<strong>Malay</strong>enses, Zool. 1. 903,<br />
synonomy probablj includes<br />
<strong>the</strong> range given ab<br />
p<br />
all<br />
K2 : Jalor) : o<strong>the</strong>rwise <strong>the</strong><br />
examples from<br />
When describing that it was distinguishable<br />
from ']'. k. kanchil <strong>of</strong> Sumatra by its pallid colouration<br />
(1. c. -,., p. 1741. "Ill' distinguishes it from<br />
fulviventer and I regret that 1 am not in a positii n to compare<br />
fulviventer with kanchil ol which we have no specimens.<br />
Habitat:— As above and Puhui Lontar, Coast <strong>of</strong> Trang.<br />
Specimens examined :— Se\<br />
Tragulus kanchii. ravulus.<br />
Tragulus javanicus, Miller (partim), Proc. Biol. Soc.<br />
Washington, XIII, 1900. p. 192.<br />
Tragulus ravulus, Miller, op. cit. XVI, 1903, p. 41.<br />
T. k. ravulus differs from T. k. ravin in being paler,<br />
i.e., yellower (especially <strong>the</strong> thighs) and less blackened above.<br />
Below, <strong>the</strong> neck markings arc decidedly lighter with less<br />
admixture <strong>of</strong> black and <strong>the</strong>re is less tendency for <strong>the</strong> yellow<br />
element to extend over <strong>the</strong> body.<br />
Habitat and Specimens examined:—Four from Pulau Adang<br />
1<br />
l! locality !, and five from Pulau Rawi, Butang Ids.<br />
Tragulus kanchil angustiae, subsp. nov.<br />
Tragulus kanchil hton, J< urn. Bombay, Nat.<br />
Hist. Soc. XXIII, 1 9 1 5 . p. 717 (S. Tenasserim) : Kloss, Journ.<br />
Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, 11. 1916, p. 29 (Patiyu).<br />
jype:— Adult male skin and skull). Collected at Bankachon,<br />
Victoria Poinl i, on 15th December.<br />
1916, by G. C. Original No. 4513 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Bombay<br />
Natural History Society's Mammal Sun<br />
Diagnosis:— Colour as in T. h. ravus <strong>of</strong> Trang. but nape<br />
.veil defined and wi<strong>the</strong>rs darker, as in fill;<br />
The type and a second specimen have <strong>the</strong> white <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
breast separated from that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> abdomen by a Y-shaped'<br />
fulvous extension from <strong>the</strong><br />
,<br />
Measurements .—Head and body, (6o ; tail, 73: hindfoot,<br />
127: ear, 36. Skull:<br />
; upper m<br />
gr< 94.5; condyl<br />
\2; greatest breadth.<br />
length, 88<br />
44 mm.<br />
Specimens examined .—Four from <strong>the</strong> typical locality and<br />
one from Maprit, Patiyu, S.W. Siam, in <strong>the</strong> same latitude.