T u p a i a t a n a , Baffles, Piate VII, figs. 1 and 2, skull.
Tupaia lana, Baffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. siii. 1821, p. 267 ; Horrid. Zool. Beset. Java, 1824,
plate; Gray, Griffith's An. Kingd. vol. v, p. 806; Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 1829, p. 260; Blyth,
Cat. Marniti. Mus. As. Soc. Beng. 1868, p. 81.
Chiniate* tana, P. Ouv. Diet, des So. vol. rdv.; Lesson, Man. de Mamm. 1827, pp. 122, 829,
Wagner, Sohreher, SSngeth. Snppl. vol. v. 1866, p. 626 ; Giehel, Oàont. 1866, p. 186, pi. v.
fig. 17 ; Säugeth. vol. v. 1859, p. 914.
Uylogale tana, Müller und Schlegel, Verhandl. 1839-44, pp. 161, 162, pi. xxvi. fig. 2 ; pi. xxvn.
figs. 1-16.
Cladobates speciosità, Wagner, Schreber, Säugeth. vol. ii. 1841, pp. 48, 44.
Erinaceus (Glisorex) tana, Blainville, Osteog. (Insectiv.) pi. vi.
The fur is fi tip, and moderately long. I t consists of two kinds of hairs
long, entirely black, rather stiff hairs, and shorter hairs with a subapical orange
or dark rufous-brown band. The former kind occurs most numerously on the
interscapular black band and on the hind quarters ; the orange-banded hairs
cover the head, where they are very short the shoulder band, and a rather
broad area below the interscapular band. The dark rufous-brown hairs occur
chiefly on the sides, the colour of which and of the limbs is a deep ferruginous
chestnut gradually passing intb the black of the back. The tail is dark, very
deep ferruginous-chestnut and bright rusty on the under surface. The chin and
the throat are rusty brown, the chest and belly being paler chestnut than the
upper parts.
The sh-nll is at once distinguished from the skulls of all known Twpaia by the
long attenuated character of the pre-ocular portion.
The a.nimn,l is much larger than any of the other species, and has a considerably
longer snout. The tail is about the length of the body, exclusive of the head.
Habitat.—Borneo.
T t t p a t a n i c o b a r i c a , Zelebor, Plate VII, fig. 3, skull.
Cladobates nicobaricus, Zelebor, Reise der Novara, Saugeth. vol. i. p. 17, pi. i. et ii. 1868; Fitzinger;
Sitzungshr. der Akad. Wienn. 1870, vol. lx. p. 279.
The face is moderately long, but not nearly so pointed as in I 7, tana, to which
the species is allied, and the anterior portion is somewhat depressed. The two
first incisors are prominent and project downwards anterior to the lower lip. The
feet are large and the claws strongly developed. The ear is moderately large and
quadrangular. The front and sides of the face, the outside of the fore limbs, the
throat and chest, are golden yellow, with an ochrey tint deepening on the sides and
abdomen, and on the inside of the hind limbs to a rich rufous brown, which is also
the colour of the outside of the hind limbs and hind feet. The top of the head is
rich dark brown, almost chestnut brown, with shining golden hairs intermixed. An
oblong, pale golden brown area on the bank between the shoulders, with a dark
almost maroon band on each side between it and the fore limbs, and passing forwards
over the ears. The rest of the back and the upper surface of the tail dark,
almost black, but with a maroon tint and- with shining black hairs intermixed;
the under surface of the tail with a yellowish brown central band of short hairs.
All through the fur, which is of moderate length, there are numerous shining hairs;
those on the upper surface, except on the pale areas, being lustrous black, whilst
those on the pale areas and on the under surface are shining golden yellow, and they
are most numerous along the mesial line.
Measurements of alcoholic specimen :
‘ Incites.
Body and head . ........................................................................ y. jq
Tail without hair . . # g.QQ
Hind foot without claws . . . . . , . , . 1*77
This species does not appear to have the shoulder-stripe developed.
The skull, although the animal, by its general features, would appear to be more
closely allied to T. tama than T. ferruginea, has nevertheless the muqh shorter facial
region of the latter.
This species appears to be confined to the Nicobars.