Mammals Collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott on the Natuna Islands: Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Vol. III, pp. 111-138Miller, Gerrit S. (Gerrit Smith)
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Mammals Collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott on the Natuna Islands: Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Vol. III, pp. 111-138
Miller, Gerrit S. (Gerrit Smith)
Abbott, William Louis, 1860-1936; Mammals -- Indonesia -- Natuna Islands
_Characters._--Size and general appearance both above and below
as in the Bornean form of _Sciurus notatus_, but red of under
parts brighter, and cheeks and chin distinctly less fulvous than
surrounding parts. Skull with broader, deeper braincase than in the
Bornean animal.
_Color._--The color so closely resembles that of the Bornean _Sciurus
notatus_ that no detailed description is necessary. Under parts
ochraceous-rufous, fading to tawny on throat, everywhere lighter and
more tinged with red than in the Bornean animal. In the latter the
color of the under parts extends forward to lips and also strongly
suffuses the cheeks and sides of head which are only a shade browner
than the throat and conspicuously more fulvous than top of head and
sides of neck. In _Sciurus rubidiventris_ the cheeks and lips are
noticeably suffused with gray so that they form a distinct contrast
with both throat, top of head and sides of neck.
_Skull._--The skull agrees in general size with that of the Bornean
animal, and is therefore much larger than in the three species from
the South Natunas. It is distinguishable by greater general breadth
and by the depth of the braincase, which perceptibly exceeds that of
_S. notatus_.
_Measurements._--External measurements of type: total length 380;
head and body 209; tail vertebræ 171; hind foot 49 (44.5). Averages
and extremes of seven specimens from the type locality: total
length 378 (368-393); head and body 208 (203-222); tail vertebræ
173 (165-184); hind foot 49.3 (48-50); hind foot without claws 45.7
(44.5-47).
Cranial measurements of type: greatest length 52.4 (50.4);[20]
basal length 44 (43); basilar length 41 (41); palatal length 23
(23); palatal width between middle molars 6 (6); greatest length of
nasals 15 (14.8); greatest width of both nasals together 7.2 (7);
interorbital breadth 18.2 (17); mastoid breadth 23 (21); breadth
of braincase above roots of zygomata 24 (22); zygomatic breadth
30.4 (29); depth of braincase at anterior edge of basi-occipital
17.8 (16.8); mandible 29 (30); maxillary toothrow (alveoli) 9 (9);
mandibular toothrow (alveoli) 9 (9).
_Specimens examined._--Seven, all from the type locality.
_Remarks._--In both size and general color this squirrel more closely
resembles the Bornean representative of the group than it does
either of the three forms from the South Natunas. Its relationships,
however, appear to be rather with the race inhabiting Singapore
Island than with any of its near geographic allies, _Sciurus
lautensis_ excepted.
SCIURUS LAUTENSIS sp. nov.
1895. _Sciurus notatus_ THOMAS and HARTERT, Novitates
Zoologicæ, II, p. 491. December, 1895 (part, specimens from
Pulo Laut).
_Type._--Adult female (skin and skull) No. 104683 U. S. National
Museum. Collected on Pulo Laut, North Natuna Islands, August 6, 1900.
Original number 612.
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