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Show 1900.] MAMMALS OF THE " SKEAT EXPEDITION." 871 mountain, and the Rhinoceros to nearly 4000 ft. at any rate. Of Nemorhcedus we saw tracks on tbe summit-ridge. At the foot of the mountain was a hot sulphur spring, which the Malays assured us was much frequented just at sunset by many kinds of beasts. W e were never so fortunate as to see any there, although it had evidently been frequented from time to time by Elephants." 1. MACACUS RUFESCENS Anders. Macacus rufescens Anderson, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 204; Sclater, op. cit. p. 495; id. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 194; Anders. Zool. Res. (1879) p. 79; S. S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 315. a. 2 sk. Patelung, 7th April, 1899. This specimen is of considerable interest, for the species is apparently known only from tw7o specimens ; tbe first of which was sent by Dr. Anderson to this Society with no further particulars than that it had been " purchased at Singapore," and Dr. Anderson, not knowing to which species it should be referred, suggested the above name. This specimen is now in the British Museum, where I have examined it, and, except in its slightly smaller size, agrees in all respects with the present example. Shortly afterwards Dr. Anderson procured a young female in the Calcutta market, which subsequently also found its way to this Society, through Mr. Jamrach, with the additional information that it was supposed to have been brought to Calcutta from Batavia. The present specimen therefore fixes the hitherto somewhat doubtful habitat of this species as being the Malay Peninsula, whence doubtless the second specimen also came, as it is not unlikely that a ship bound for Calcutta from Batavia would touch at Singapore. The present example is not quite adult, but being rather older than either of the other two specimens I append a full description :-Hair moderately long and wavy on the back, shorter and rather sparse on the underparts. Face and buttocks naked. General colour of a warm reddish brown, but many of the hairs, especially on the dorsal area, with a dark tip aud one or more dark annulations. Tail very short, about an inch in length, and covered with hair. The hair of the crown, which is short and light in colour, radiates from a central point, while a few black bristles grow out from the edge of the forehead. The measurements and colour of the soft parts are not given, and those given below are from the dried skin. The skull is considerably larger than the specimen in the British Museum, which I take to be the type, and is that of an individual a good deal older although not quite adult. Its chief points of difference from the skulls of other nearly allied species (e. g. M. brunneus) are the length of the snout, narrowness of the brain-case, and also the sharp and clearly defined supraorbital processes : in these points it completely agrees with Anderson's description. |
