J/A.)/J/ALJA. 453 



eliapo. In this group the horns arc remarkably slender except at the base, and 

 of much more com])aet texture than in other rhinoceros hoins. I have reason to 

 believe that this is the two-liorned species which inhabits the Arakau hills, those of 

 northern Burma, and which extends rarely into Assam ; and 1 think it liifjhly jirobable 

 that the skull iigured in Jouni. As. Soc. E. xxxi. p. 156, pi. iii. f. 1, represents that 

 of C. erossii (sen 11. hmntis), in which case the range of the species would extend 

 into the Tenasserim provinces. A detailed notice of the individual sent to Lundun 

 has been given by Dr. Anderson (P.Z.S. 1872, p. 129)." 



The skulls of a male and female of this species procured by myself on the coast 

 near Koranji Island, in 180(5, are now in the liiitish Museum. A curious fact elicited 

 during the transport of the Chittagong specimen, was her inability to swim. In 

 crossing the Sungoo Eiver she had to bo towed across between two elephants, for she 

 was unable to do more than just keep her head above water by paddling with the 

 fore feet like a pig (see Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1872, pp. 493 and xxiii). 



R. SUMATEENSIS, Bell. 



R. Jaiaiim, F. Cuv. Very young. 

 E. BIythii, Gray. 



Kyan. 



The Sumatran Rhinoceros is much smaller than the ])receding species, with a 

 harsh and rugose shin, which is black, and clad with bristly black hairs; the ears less 

 widely separated at base, and tilled internally with black hairs ; the muzzle anteiior 

 to the nasal horn much broader ; and the tail conspicuously longer, tapering, and not 

 tufted at the end. Horns attaining considerable length, and cuning but slightly 

 backwards, as represented in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, xxxi. p. 156, pi. iv. f. 1. 



In the Proc. Zool. Soc. for 1873 (p. 104), an account is given by Mr. Bartlett 

 of the birth of a young one of this species, and from observations recorded in this case, 

 the period of gestation wotikl seem to be about thirty weeks. The newly-born calf 

 was 3 feet in length, 2 feet high, and weighed a little over .50 lbs. The plate {I.e.) 

 suggests the idea of the young animal being in poor condition, which may be accounted 

 for by the fact of its mother liaving just pei-formed the voyage from Singapore, and 

 this may account for the early death of the calf, accelerated by the stupid exposure of 

 the young one to cold and rain on shipboard. Rhinoceros Sumatrensis is the ordinary 

 two-horned Bhinoceros of Tenasserim and the Malay countries, and would seem to 

 he replaced in Arakan by R. lasiufis, which perhaps also spreads into Assam and 

 Tenasserim. 



' Kyan ' is the generic name for a Rhinoceros in Burma, from a root, according to 

 Dr. Mason, signifying "to be firm in structure or mind," and its horns and blood are 

 extravagantly valued by the Chinese for their medicinal properties. 



As regards the occurrence of R. mdicus, Cuv., in Burma, Blyth thus sums up the 

 evidence pro and con. 



" According to Heifer, the R. indicus, in addition to R. Sondaiciis, inhabits the 

 northern portion of the Tenasserim Provinces ; and ifason asserts that a single-homed 

 Rhinoceros from the Arakau jungles was purchased by the London Zoological Society, 

 and lived for many years in the Regent's Park ; the species in that case was un- 

 doubtedly R. indicus. Again, according to a writer in the Oriental Sporting Magazine 

 (July, 1832, p. 301), both species of one-horned Rhinoceros occur in Burma, and he 

 cites, as his authority for the statement, a writer in the first series of the same 

 periodical (vol. ii. p. 35), mentioning that his said authority appears to be ' a thorough 

 sportsman and no mean naturalist.' I nevertheless hesitate, upon present evidence, 

 to admit the great Indian Rhinoceros into tho list of Burmese animals." 



Family Tapiridse. 



T.iPiitfs. 

 Four toes in front, three behind. Snout producid iulo a short fleshy mobile 

 trunk. Hair short and close. 



Dentition, I. ;; ; C. H ; P.M. I; M. I. 



