272, Sir T. S. Raffles's Descriptive Catalogue 



fed indiscriminately on all kinds of vegetables, and was very 

 fond of attending at table to receive bread, cakes, or the like. 

 The living specimen sent from Bencoolen to Bengal was young, 

 and became very tractable. It was allowed to roam occasionally 

 in the park at Barrackpore, and the man who had the charge of 

 it informed me that it frequently entered the ponds, and appear- 

 ed to walk along the bottom under the water, and not to make 

 any attempt to swim. 



The flesh is eaten by the natives of Sumatra. 



SUS Scrota. 

 Babi. ^b 

 The Wild Hog of Sumatra offers nothing peculiar. 



IIALICORA Dugoxg. 



Duyong of the Malays, c^j 



Of this singular and interesting animal I have already sent 

 an account to England. The specimen which accompanied it 

 was procured at Singapore, and presented to me by the Sultan. 

 They are occasionally met with in the bay of Tappanuli on the 

 west coast of Sumatra. 



Since writing the above a new and very singular animal has 

 been brought to me, which agrees with Viverra in the number 

 of incisors, but differs in their proportions and disposition. The 

 naked rat-like tail is also peculiar. If it be considered as a Vi- 

 verra, the specific name of gymnura would be appropriate. 

 It is above a foot in length from the nose to the root of the tail, 



which 



