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ture cannot be expected, and it is not always easy to reconcile 

 the synonymy. 



TAPIRUS Malayanus. 



The first notice that I received of the existence of this animal 

 was in the year 1805 ; a living specimen having been sent to Sir 

 George Leith, when Lieutenant-Governor of Penang : it was 

 afterwards observed by Major Farquhar in the vicinity of Ma- 

 lacca. A drawing and description of it was communicated by 

 him to the Asiatic Society in 1816, and a living subject was after- 

 wards sent to the Menagerie at Barrackpore from Bencbolen. 

 At this latter place the specimens contained in the present collec- 

 tion have been procured. 



It is known by different names in different parts of the country. 

 By the people of Limun it is called Saladang, cJl, by those of 

 the interior of Manna, Gindol, JjAif in the interior of Bencoo- 

 len, Babi Alu ; and at Malacca, Tennu. 



Little can be added to the original description of Major Far- 

 quhar, the substance of which is as follows : 



The Malay Tapir resembles in form the American, and has a 

 similar flexible proboscis. Its general appearance is heavy 

 and massive, somewhat resembling the hog. It is particularly 

 distinguished by its colour, the body having a broad defined 

 belt or band of white, while the fore and hind parts are black. 

 This band extends circularly round the body from behind the 

 shoulders to the root of the tail, and contrasts strongly with 

 the glossy black of the rest of the animal. The skin is thick 

 and firm, thinly covered with short hair. There is no mane 

 on the neck as in the American species. The head is black, 

 and furnished with a proboscis of six or eight inches in length. 

 The eyes are small. Ears roundish and bordered with white. 

 The teeth are forty-two in number. In the upper jaw there 



are 



