. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. 12 N. M. Thomas. b Fig. 7a/b: (a) Right maxillary dentition and palate of R. sinicus () from Mussoorie, northern India, (b) Right maxillary dentition and palate of R. rouxii (HZM. ) irom Talewadi, southern India. (pm-) is usually situated in the toothrow. The second lower premolar (pm.) is usually situated in the toothrow. Bacular morphology: The shaft of the baculum is long, parallel-sided and generally straight, thickening towards the base, as
. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. 12 N. M. Thomas. b Fig. 7a/b: (a) Right maxillary dentition and palate of R. sinicus () from Mussoorie, northern India, (b) Right maxillary dentition and palate of R. rouxii (HZM. ) irom Talewadi, southern India. (pm-) is usually situated in the toothrow. The second lower premolar (pm.) is usually situated in the toothrow. Bacular morphology: The shaft of the baculum is long, parallel-sided and generally straight, thickening towards the base, as in R. sinicus. The base is slightly expanded, and the tip is simple and unexpanded (Fig. 8b). Bacula examined were found to be slightly longer and broader than in R. sinicus, averaging mm and mm respectively. Distribution: R. rouxii ranges from Sri Lanka, throughout peninsular India to southern Myanmar (Fig. 9). For a full listing of localities see Bates & Harrison (1997 & in press). Variation (Table 4): Specimens from Sri Lanka are currently referred to R. rouxii rubidus (Bates & Harrison 1997). This taxon is smaller in body and skull size than R. rouxii rouxii from peninsular India and Myanmar, but not as small as R. sinicus. Noseleaf morphology shows Sri Lankan individuals to have, on average, wider noseleaves covering most of the muzzle, whereas in R. r rouxii from peninsular India and Myanmar the noseleaf is relatively narrow. Cranial characters of Sri Lankan individuals also average smaller, particularly condylocanine length, zygomatic and mastoid breadths, width across the canines and mandi- bular length. The upper and lower toothrows however, are relatively long averaging almost the same in both Indian and Sri Lankan individuals. Although the bacula of Sri Lankan individuals are longer, the morphology is comparable. Fig. 8a/b: (a) Baculum (dorsal and right lateral views) of R. sinicus () from Godavari, Nepal. Scale = 1 mm. (b) Baculum of
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