taxonomic status of P. elegans in respect to available
reports of Ellerman and Morrision-Scott (1951), Hoffmann
et al. (1993), Corbet and Hill (1992), Jackson (2012) and
Thorington et al. (2012) though quote to designate P. elegans
as separate species genetic studies were successful to
prove P. elegans and P. caniceps as separate species (Yuet al. 2006). Morphologically too, the species differ from P.elegans. The species P. caniceps has a grey headed face and has a tail with a discrete black tip (Fig. 2a). In case of
P. elegans, no such grey markings are found on the head,rather they have a dorsal pelage spotted by white (Corbet and Hill 1992) (Fig. 2b). Also, P. caniceps have a longertail (400 mm) than P. elegans (375 mm) (Corbet and Hill 1992). The main differentiating character between the species is the distinct grey head. There is a need for further extensive studies at genetic level to check if P. canicpes qualifies of being placed as a separated species.