Mammals Collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott on the Natuna Islands: Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Vol. III, pp. 111-138 — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
Mammals Collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott on the Natuna Islands: Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Vol. III, pp. 111-138
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_Weight._--Weight of type 3.8 kg.; of two other males 3.6 kg. each.
Two adult females weigh respectively 3.6 kg. and 4.2 kg.
_Specimens examined._--Six, all from the type locality.
_Remarks._--_Tragulus bunguranensis_ is so distinct from the other
known species as to require no detailed comparisons.
TRAGULUS sp.
Two specimens from Sirhassen Island are too immature for
determination. Apparently they represent a member of the _napu_
group, allied to that occurring in Borneo. The throat markings show
no approach to those of _Tragulus bunguranensis_.
TRAGULUS JAVANICUS (Gmelin).
1894. _Tragulus javanicus_ THOMAS and HARTERT, Novitates
Zoologicæ, I, p. 660. September, 1864 (Bunguran).
1895. _Tragulus javanicus_ THOMAS and HARTERT, Novitates
Zoologicæ, II, p. 492. December, 1895 (part, specimens from
Bunguran).
Six specimens from Bunguran.
TRAGULUS PALLIDUS sp. nov.
1895. _Tragulus javanicus_ THOMAS and HARTERT, Novitates
Zoologicæ, II, p. 492. December, 1895 (part, specimen from Pulo
Laut).
_Type._--Adult female (skin and skull) No. 104616 U. S. National
Museum. Collected on Pulo Laut, North Natuna Islands, August 11,
1900. Original number 625.
_Characters._--Smaller than _Tragulus javanicus_ from Borneo or
Bunguran and very pale in color. Black clouding of upper parts
inconspicuous, but dark nape band well defined.
_Color._--Back and sides light ochraceous-buff everywhere clouded by
the blackish hair-tips, but these never in excess, except perhaps
along middle of back and across lumbar region. Flanks, shoulders,
neck, outer surface of legs and narrow line dividing color of
sides from that of belly pale ochraceous. Nape band clear black,
sharply defined from color of sides but quickly fading into that of
shoulders. Top of head dull dark brown. A faint pale stripe over and
in front of eye. Throat markings normal, the dark bands like neck.
Collar very narrow. Under parts and inner surface of legs white. A
faint yellowish shade along middle of belly. Tail white beneath and
at the tip, ochraceous faintly shaded with brown above.
_Skull._--The skull of the type, though fully adult and with all the
teeth distinctly worn, is smaller than in Bunguran specimens so young
that the posterior molars are still below the rim of the alveoli. In
form, however, it shows no marked peculiarities, though in general it
appears to be somewhat broader in proportion to its length than that
of the Bunguran animal.
_Teeth._--Teeth as in specimens of _Tragulus javanicus_ from Bunguran
except that the premolars, both above and below, are shorter and
broader, a difference which may prove to be an individual peculiarity
only.
_Measurements._--External measurements of type: Total length 539;
head and body 444; tail vertebræ 95; hind foot 107; hind foot without
hoofs 95.