. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum Zoology. A NEW SPECIES OF M1CROGALE 11 of altitudinal variation. Variation may, however, be present but obscured by the small sample size from individual localities. Comparisons. Microgalepusilla Major, 1896b is the only species with which M. parvula is likely to be confused because of similari- ties in size. The two species differ in coloration: M. parvula is dark grey brown dorsally, grading into grey ventrally, with a dark grey tail which is only slightly paler ventrally: in contrast, M. pusilla is reddish buffy brown dorsally, with a moderately abru
. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum Zoology. A NEW SPECIES OF M1CROGALE 11 of altitudinal variation. Variation may, however, be present but obscured by the small sample size from individual localities. Comparisons. Microgalepusilla Major, 1896b is the only species with which M. parvula is likely to be confused because of similari- ties in size. The two species differ in coloration: M. parvula is dark grey brown dorsally, grading into grey ventrally, with a dark grey tail which is only slightly paler ventrally: in contrast, M. pusilla is reddish buffy brown dorsally, with a moderately abrupt transition to the buffy grey brown venter and with the tail darker grey brown above than below. Although the skull of both species is of a similar length (seeTable 6), the skull proportions differ considerably and, in particular the braincase of M. parvula is shallower than that of M. pusilla and the occipital condyles are more postero-dorsally aligned (see Fig. 9 and Jenkins, 1988: Fig. 1). The major dental difference between the two species is that p2 has a single root in M. pusilla but is double rooted in M. parvula. DISCUSSION. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Natural History Museum (London). Andover : Intercept
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