Volume 1

Catalogue of mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta.

  • Indian Museum.
Date:
1881-
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Catalogue of mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SIMIA. 13 in in. The forehead also is higher than in m. Presented by W. Rutledge, Esq., 20th March 1879. kk. A young ferruginous female in alcohol. Presented by Dr. J. Anderson, 21st January 1807. * U. A young female similar to preceding, in alcohol. Pre¬ sented by Dr. J. Anderson, 2ist January 1867. mm. A young male in alcohol, like preceding specimen. Presented by W. Rutledge, Esq., 4th January 1873. nn. The skull of an adult male. Borneo. Regarded by Blyth as a female Mias Rambi, No. 3D of his Catalogue, described in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, Yol. XXII, page 376, and measure¬ ments given in 3rd column, page 580 l. c., and figured in pis. iii and iv, being one of the skulls described by Mr. Blyth as P. brookei (L c., page 375). Presented by Major Gregory, July 1838, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, Yol. VII, page 669. oo. A mounted skeleton of an adult male: No. 3E of Blythes Catalogue: first described by Blyth as a fully mature female (?) of the Mias pappan, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, Yol. XXII, p. 375, and afterwards as a youthful male Pappan, op. cit., Yol. XXIV, p. 519, and in his Catalogue of Mammals, p. 3, as an adult male Mias pappan. Borneo. Presented by Mr. Wm. Niebolls of Sarawak, 1853. pp. An imperfect skeleton of an adult male, considered by Blyth as a female Mias pappan ; No. 3F of his Catalogue ; and described, op. cit., Yol. XXIV, 1S55, pp. 518, 525. Borneo. Presented by Sir James Brooke, C.B., 1855. This specimen is distinguished by a supernumerary molar and by depressions on the skull. The right humerus of this animal had been fractured in life, the two ends of the fracture overlapping each other; a great mass of osseous tissue had been thrown out around them. The left fibula had also been fractured. This specimen has the eleventh rib of the right side firmly amalgamated to the vertebra, like a transverse process. qq. The skeleton of an adult male considered by Blyth to be an adolescent male Mias rambi, with very large teeth, all the teeth being present and the incisors much worn. The tem¬ poral ridges meet on the vertex in a low ridge. The muzzle is heavy and protuberant. Described op. cit., p. 523, No. 3G of Blyth’s Catalogue. Borneo. Presented by Sir James Brooke, C.B., 1855. rr. The skeleton of an aged male older than the previous specimen and regarded by Blyth as a mature male Mias rambi. No. 311 of his Catalogue, and described op. cit., p. 324. It differs in its skull being broader across the malar