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