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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    40. Mus concolob. Blyth. Mus concolor, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxviii. 1859, p. 295 ; Flower, op. cit. p. 361; Bonhote, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 195. a. (S ad. sk. Aring, Kelantan, 25th Sept., 1899. b. S imm. sk. Aring, Kelantan, 28th Aug., 1899. c-e. $ ad. sk. Biserat, Jalor, June 1899. f-g. 2 ad. sk. Aring, Kelantau, 23rd Aug. & 25th Sept., 1899. 41. Mus decuman us Pallas. Mus decumanns, Pallas, Glires, p. 91 (1779); Flower, op. cit. p. 362. a-c. <S ad. sk. Kota Bkaru, Kelantan, 1st Oct., 1899. 42. Mus chemoritentee, Miller. Mus cremoriventer, G. Miller, jun., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. xiii. p. 144 (1900). a. No particulars (probably Jalor.—J. L. B.) I have no hesitation in referring this specimen to the species which has lately been described by Mr. Gerritt S. Miller, jun. It is allied to Mus jerdoni, but is easily recognizable by its slightly larger size, slender form, and long tail with a whitish tip. Mr. K. Evans, who procured the specimen, states that it was taken in an absolutely dark cave, but when found was in too decomposed a condition for satisfactory measurements to be taken. 43. Mus ciliata, sp. n. (Plate LYI.) General colour above dark brown ; many of the hairs having fawn tips, which, especially on the sides, give the animal a lighter appearance. Underparts yellowish white, sharply marked off from the colour of the back. The fur is of three kinds—(1) alight grey underfur; (2) fine soft hairs light at their bases with a fawn or dark tip, the former colour being most abundant at the sides and the latter on the back ; (3) long stiff spines, also light at their bases but with a very dark tip. Ears moderately long, naked, and uni- formly rounded. Hands and feet uniform dark sepia-brown above, sometimes with an irregular longitudinal whitish stripe. Tail long, unicolour, and covered with very short stiff bristles. Whiskers very long and numerous; the two supraorbital bristles especially are longer than those in any other species except Mus edwardsi, while there is also a long cheek-bristle on either side starting from midway between the eye and the ear. The skull closely resembles that of M. vociferans, Miller, and in a less degree that of M. sabanus. It differs from the former in being slightly longer and of greater depth over the brain-case, while the nasals are somewhat straighter. From the latter it differs in the supraorbital ridges being much less prominent and in the shape of the anteorbital foramen, which is narrower, espe- cially at its upper end, caused by the maxillary plate being flatter, i. e. less concave and nearer the rostrum at its upper end. The skull [11]