NO. 1485. MAMMALS FROM RIIIO-LING A ISLANDS— MILLER. 279 



In addition to the mammals obtained in Kundur a lar^e musang, 

 probably Vive7'ra tangalu7iga^ was said to exist, also a Manh. The 

 Orang- Mantong said that the binturong {Arctitis) occurs. A Fanam- 

 hulus was once or twice seen, and I think I saw a Nannosciurus. 

 3facaca fascicular is was very abundant. 



UNGAR. 



Pulo Ungar lies along the southeast coast of Kundur, separated 

 from it by a strait a quarter of a mile wide and (> or 7 fathoms deep. 

 Most of the surface is swampy, and great quantities of sago are grown. 

 The central part of the island is slightly elevated, and is covered with 

 alang-alang (long grass) and scrub) )y jungle. Wild pigs, especially 

 Sus rhio?iis, are very plentiful. aSus oi is less connnon. Birds are 

 numerous, but mammals are much fewer in species than on Kundur. 

 Musangs {ArctogaUdia or Paradoxurus) and Tragulus are said to exist. 

 Macaca fascicularis is ver}'^ numerous, and many are trapped and sent 

 to Singapore for sale. There are no squiri'els. Dugongs are said to 

 be common, but none were seen. 



Sus 7'hionis. — The pigs speared by natives were the only mammals 

 procured on the island. 



DURIAN (Moro Bcmr, Durian Besar, .Tom). 



This island lies on the east side of Durian Straits, a passage 5 to 8 

 miles wide, separating Karimon and Kundur from the more easterly 

 island of the Rhio group. It contains 8 square miles, and is very 

 hill}^, its highest point 1,031 feet. Until recentlj^ it was covered with 

 forest, but within a few years most of this has been cut otf by Chinese 

 to prepare the land for pepper and gambler cultivation. Some heavy 

 forest remains on the hilltops, and there are patches of it in other 

 places. Most of the surface, however, is now covered with scrubby 

 jungle and alang-alang. Moro Besar is li miles from Sugi Bawa, with 

 the islands of Manda and Jan in the strait. It is 4 miles from Pulo 

 Sugi and 19 from the nearest point of Sumatra. 



2fu:s jirmus. — 



Mus lingensis. — No notes on either of the rats obtained. 



1 failed to get a large Tragulus which is said bo exist. It was cer- 

 tainly very scarce, as the people could catch none, though they made 

 plenty of traps and 1 offered $2 apiece to stimulate their energies. 

 Sus rhiojiis and JJacaca fascicular is are both common. There are no 

 squirrels. 



JAN (Djan). 



An islet in the strait between Moro Besar and Sugi Bawa, separated 

 from the latter by only a narrow strait. This was not visited, but 

 specimens of Tragulus lutesce?is were brought from it by natives while 

 I was at Moro Besar. 



