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46. Capricornis sumatrensis milne-edwardsi David. — 

 David: Nouv. Arch. Mus. V. 1869 p. 10. — I am only able 

 to give a single record of the occurrence of the Serow in 

 Siarn and I am unfortunately unable to give an exact deter- 

 mination of the race which inhabits Siarn. But it is probably 

 Capricornis sumatrensis milne-edwardsi David the distribu- 

 tional area of which extends through Yunnan to the Burmese 

 countries. However, it may ha ve been Capricornis sumatrensis 

 rubidus Blyth which has been found in Arrakan. All the 

 geographical races of Serows are only based on very faint 

 characteristics chiefly as concerns the colour. Thus there 

 has been recognized Capricornis sumatrensis robinsoni Pocock 

 from Selangor and C. sumatrensis swettenhami Butter from 

 the mountains in Perak while the typical Capricornis suma- 

 trensis Bechst. is said only to be confined to Sumatra. 



When I was camping in the great forests between Kao 

 Plyng and Bång Hue Horn — hence in Northern Siarn — a 

 native hunter came down to the bungalow at Bång Hue Horn 

 with a skull of a Serow. The native had found a carcass 

 of such an animal which probably had been killed and eaten 

 by a tiger or a leopard, but the only things left were the 

 skull and some bones. 



The Serows chiefly inhabit the dense hill forests and 

 according to the natives they are rather rare and seldom 

 shot because of their habits of always living in the very 

 precipitous lime-stone mountains which are so characteristic 

 for several parts of Northern Siarn. 



47. Manis javanica Desm. — There is only a single 

 specimen of the Scaly Anteater in my Siamese collection. 

 This specimen was obtained by a native boy during my stay 

 at the village of Sakerat. It is only a half-grown specimen 

 and I kept it alive for a few days, but as it chiefly feeds 

 on termites it is very difficult to keep for a considerable 

 time. 



When I passed through the town of Muang Pa Tong 

 Tschai — on the Korat plateau in Eastern Siarn — I observed 

 another specimen owned by some Chinamen who like the 

 Siamese and Laos are very fond of its flesh. 



The Scaly Anteater inhabits open, sandy country where 

 it makes large burrows in the ground. In the real jungles 



