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Show 494 MR. A. H. EVERETT ON THE [May 16, that this is the case; but the discovery of some subfossil molars in Sarawak, which have been identified as belonging to this species on good authority1, render it probable that it may yet be discovered in the comparatively unexplored interior. It is remarkable, in this connexion, h o w extremely rare the remains of Pleistocene or Quaternary mammals appear to be in Borneo, and this scarcity must be real, taking into account the extensive surface-mining which has long been practised in Western and South-eastern Borneo, and the value which natives set on such objects as fossil teeth for use as charms, medicine, &c. Notwithstanding the numerous additions made in recent years to the list of the Mammals of Borneo and Palawan by Mr. John Whitehead and of Borneo by Mr. Charles Hose, many species doubtless await discovery, especially among the smaller mammals and the Cetacea, of which latter our knowledge remains at present practically a blank. Among the Chiroptera particularly, it may be expected that a number of species already known in the neighbouring countries will be detected as ranging into some part of the Bornean group, such, for instance, as Miniopterus schreibersi, Kerivoula picta, Vespertilio hasselti, Vesperugo abramus, V. noctula, V.pachypus, Hipposiderus speoris, Xantharpyia amplexicaudata, &c. In concluding these brief remarks I wish to express m y best thanks to M r . Oldfield Thomas, of the British Museum, to whose courtesy and assistance I have been frequently indebted both in the identification of species and in various other ways. PRIMATES. Fam. SIMIID.<E. Simia satyrus, Linn. niorio, Owen2. Hylobates leuciscus, Schreb. # muelleri, Martin. Fam. CERCOPITIIECID^E. Semnopithecus maurus, Schreb. # chrysomelas, Midi.3 * cruciger, Thos.3 # hosei, Thos. # everetti, Thos. # rubicundus, Mull. * frontatus, Mull. #Nasalis larvatus, Wurmb. Macacus arctoides, Geoffr f nemestrinus, Linn. cynomolgus, Linn. Fam. LEMURID.E. Nycticebus tardigradus, Linn. Fam. TARSiiDiE. Tarsius spectrum, Pallas. CHIROPTERA. Fam. PTEROPODIDJE. Pteropus edulis, Geoffr. hypomelanus, Temm. *Cynopterus spadiceus, Thos. marginatus, Geoffr. * lucasii, Dobson. ecaudatus, Temm. * maculatus, Thos. Eonycteris spelsea, Dobson. Oarponycteris minimus, Geoffr. Fam. RHINOLOPHID.E. Rhinolophus luctus, Temm. trifoliatus, Temm. affinis, Horsf. minor, Horsf. Hipposiderus diadema, Geoff galerita, Cantor. cervinus, Gould. * dorise, Peters. bicolor, Temm. Fam. NYCTERID^E. Megaderma spasma, Linn. 1 Busk, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 409. 2 Doubfully distinct from S. satyrus. Said to occur in Northern Sumatra. 3 Both doubtfully distinct from S. femoralis, Horsf. * Giinther, P. Z.'s. 1876. p. 425. |
