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 Preliminary Diagnoses of some New Species and Subspecies of Mammals and Birds Obtained in Korinchi, West Sumatra, Feb.–June 1914

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The following brief diagnoses, which are merely sufficient to establish the species and subspecies, are published in advance of the detailed report on our expedition to Korinchi Peak to be issued by this society, which may possibly be somewhat delayed. In it will be found the narrative of the expedition, detailed descriptions of all new forms and a complete account of the zoological and botanical results.

ERINACEIDAE.

Hylomys parvus, sp. nov. Type:—Adult female (skin and skull), Federated Malay States Museums No. 576/14, collected on Korinchi Peak, 10,000', West Sumatra, on 9th May 1914, by H. C. Robinson and C. Boden Kloss.

Characters: Like H. suillus but smaller, though with tail actually longer and bicolored; fur longer and less harsh and the grey of the underparts rather more pronounced. Skull more lightly built, teeth strikingly smaller.

Measurements:—Head and body, [105 av.]: tail, 25; hindfoot, 23.5 mm. Skull: greatest length, 31.2; basal length, 21.8; palatal length. 17.0; upper tooth row, 15.8; pm4-m3, 6.9; breadth of palate behind canine, 1.1; zygomatic breadth, 15.6; length of mandible, 22.4 mm,

Specimens examined:—Twenty.

SCIURIDAE.

Sciurus tenuis altitudinis, subsp. nov. Type:—Adult male (skin and skull). Federated Malay States Museums No. 471/14, collected at Sungei Kring, Korinchi Peak, 7,300',