On the mammals collected during the 'Skeat expedition' to the Malay peninsula, 1899-1900 / by J. Lewis Bonhote.

  • Bonhote, John Lewis James, 1875-1922.
Date:
1900
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Credit: On the mammals collected during the 'Skeat expedition' to the Malay peninsula, 1899-1900 / by J. Lewis Bonhote. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    a, b. d $ ad. sk. Koh Nam Kam, Tale-sap, 12th April, 1899. c. d ad. sk. Biserat, Jalor, 15th May, 1899. d-g. 5 ad. sk. Biserat, Jalor, 15th, 24th, & 25th May, 1899. h. d ad. sk. Kota Bahru, Kelautan, June 1899. These eight specimens are the true R. bicolor and are identical with the southern race from Java, but differ in size and one or two minor points from the large form of the Himalayas, which also occurs in the Malay Peninsula. I have measured the skulls of all the specimens, which entirely bear out my former observations on this race. The average measurements of the eight specimens are:—Greatest length 71*2 mm.; basal length 56*4; zygomatic breadth 43*7; length of nasals 21*1; length of palate to henselion 26*5. All these specimens show a tendency to bleaching, although this has taken place to a far less degree than in most of the specimens I have examined; one or two of the specimens from Biserat, moreover, show a tendency to erythrism, having reddish tips to many of the dorsal hairs, most noticeable on the hind- quarters and tail. 34. Sciurus erythr^eus Pall. Sciurus erythrceus, Pall. Glires, p. 337 (1778) ; Flower, op. cit, p. 356. a. Ad. sk. Gunong Iuas, 4000 ft., N. Perak. 35. Sciurus caniceps, Gray. Sciurus caniceps, Gray, A. M. N. H. x. p. 263 (1842) ; Flower, op. cit. p. 356; Bonhote, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 194. d 2 ad. sk- Bankok, Patelung, 6th April, 1899. 2 ad. sk. Lambom, Singora, 17th April, 1899. 2 ad. sk. Komlom opp. Singora, 17th April, 1899. 2 ad. sk. Bukit Besar, Jalor, 7th May, 1899. d ad. sk. Biserat, Jalor, 17th May, 1899. 3$ ad. sk. Biserat, Jalor, 10th & 25th May, 1899. 5 imm. sk. Biserat, Jalor, 11th May, 1899. 4 specs, very young in al. Biserat, Jalor (no date). d ad. sk. Tremangan, 12th July, 1899. 2 d & 2 2 ad. sk. Belimbing, Leseh, 29th July, 1899. 2 ad. sk. Sungei Labeh, Angadik, 5th August, 1899. d ad. sk. Aring, Kelautan, 17th & 29th August, 1899. d ad. sk. Aring, Kelantan, 2nd Sept., 1899. 2 d ad. sk. Aring, Kelantan, 5th Sept., 1899. d ad. sk. Aring, Kelantan, 6th & 7th Sept., 1899. d imm. sk. Aring, Kelantan, 5th Sept., 1899. 4$ ad.sk. Aring, Kelantan, 16th, 25th,30th,& 31st Aug., 1899. 2 ad. sk. Aring, Kelantan, 6th Sept., 1899. $ imm. sk. Aring, Kelantan, 18th August, 1899. 3 2 ad. sk. Kota Bharu, Kelantan, 4th, 5th, & 8th Oct., 1899. d ad. sk. Tringganu, 22nd, 30th, & 31st October, 1899. 2 ad. sk. Tringganu, 26th October, 1899. P]