MAMMALIA. 225 



CARNIVEROUS ANIMALS. 



The Carnivora, or carnivorous animals, count between 

 twenty and twenty five species in these Provinces; and 

 two or three others in Arracan. 



MALAY BEAR. 



The Malay black bear, much resembling the black bear 

 of America, is not uncommon in the interior. On one 

 occasion, while sleeping in a Karen field that had been re- 

 cently harvested, I was disturbed all night by a drove of 

 them digging up the roots of the sugar cane that had been 

 left in the field. They will occasionally attack a man when 

 alone. On descending the Tenasserim a few years ago 

 on rafts, the foremost raft passed over a rapid, and made a 

 short turn into a little cove below, when a bear from the 

 shore made a plunge at the raft, and threw the two Ka- 

 rens on it into the water. At this moment the other rafts 

 came in sight, and the bear retreated. On another occa- 

 sion 1 met with a Barman and a bear that he had just 

 shot, and the Burman assured me that he shot the bear 

 in the very act of running upon him. 



The Kemees and Karens describe a smaller species, yel- 

 low on the breast, for which they have a distinctive name : 

 but 1 imagine it is a variety of the above. The Burmese 

 and the northern Karens say there is a species with feet 

 and hands like a man, which they call man-bear. This I 

 suspect to be a fabulous animal, founded on reports of the 

 orang-outang. 



Ursus malayanus. 



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PIG-BE \R. 



The pig-bear, or sand hog, or Indian badger, or sand 

 badger, as it is variously named, is not rare, especially in 

 the southern provinces. It has the general appearance of 

 a hog, with claws like a bear, but the Burmans say it is 

 half hog and half dog. 



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