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
[7] For the opportunity of examining the skull of an adult male
from Balabac I am indebted to the courtesy of Mr. D. G. Elliot. A
photograph (slightly reduced) of this specimen was published by Mr.
Elliot in 1896 (Field Columbian Museum, Publication II, Zoological
Series, I, No. 3, pl. XI, May, 1896).
[8] Measurements in parentheses are those of an adult male topotype
of _Tragulus nigricans_.
[9] Measurements in parentheses are those of a less mature specimen
from Bunguran.
[10] Measurements in parentheses are those of a Tenasserim specimen
(female) of _Sus cristatus_ so young that the posterior molar is not
fully in place.
[11] Last molar not fully grown.
[12] See Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XIII, pl. III and IV.
[13] Collector's measurement.
[14] Measurements in parentheses are those of the type of _Mus
validus_.
[15] In the type of _Mus mülleri_ the diastema is 12 mm.
[16] Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th ser., XIV, p. 450. December, 1894.
[17] Measurements in parentheses are those of an adult male topotype
of _Sciurus tenuis_.
[18] Measurements in parentheses are those of an older specimen of
_Sciurus natunensis_ from Sirhassen.
[19] Measurements in parentheses are those of an adult _Sciurus
notatus_ from Borneo.
[20] Measurements in parentheses are those of an adult Bornean
_Sciurus notatus_.
[21] Measurements in parentheses are those of the type of _Ratufa
melanopepla_.
[22] Teeth very much worn and many of them absent.
[23] Measurements in parentheses are those of a young adult _A.
stigmatica_ from British North Borneo.
[24] Tooth measurements are from a younger specimen (male) with
perfect dentition.
[25] Measurements in parentheses are those of an adult male Bornean
_Tupaia tana_.
[26] Measurements in parentheses are those of an adult skull of
_Pipistrellus pipistrellus_ from Switzerland.
[27] Ann. Mus. Civ. di Storia Nat. di Genova, Ser. 2, X, p. 923, pl.
XI, 1892.
[28] Measurements in parentheses are those of an adult female
_Rhinolophus affinis_ from Trong, Lower Siam.
[29] Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., II, p. 234. August 20, 1900.
[30] Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1898, p. 316. July, 1898.
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Obvious typographical errors have been repaired.
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