NO. 1498. MAMMALS OF BANKA AND BILLITON— LYON. - 609 



There are about 9,000 Chinese miners. The native inhabitants are 

 Malaysanda" wild tribe'' called "Orang Sikka," who live exclusivel}^ 

 in their boats and do not cultivate the land, living on the produce of 

 the reefs and sea. 



Besides the animals obtained, pigs were common, in some places 

 evidently very abundant. 1 had a glimpse of only one. Tenggeling 

 {21anis) is said to exist. The Tupai blang (Seiurus ^'' prevostip-) is said 

 to occur, but is rare. I did not see it. 



LIST OF MAMMALS RECORDEI} FJROM THE ISLANDS OF 

 BANKA, BILLITON, AND MENDANAU, WITH FIELD 

 NOTES ON THOSE COLLECTED AND OBSEIiVED BY 

 DOCTOR ABBOTT. 



BANKA. 



Monis javanica. — Jentink, Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Pays-Bas, XII, Cat. Syst. Mammiferes, 

 p. 216. Manis javanica — "Willink, NatuurkundigTijdsehrift Nederlandsch-Indie, LXV, 

 1905, p. 269. Not taken by Doctor Abbott, but "said to be common." 



Tragulus bancanus, p. 576. 



Tragulus luteicollis, p. 579. 



Muntiacus bancanus, p. 582. — "Native name Kijang." 



Rusa brookei. — "Besides the animals obtained, I saw Cervus equinns, tracks only; 

 saw some horns in possession of the natives, all very small. The Bankanese said 

 Rusa and Kijang were numerous on Tanjong Penyusuh, but I did not go there, as it 

 was not possible to anchor near shore." Recorded by Jentink « and by Willink '^ as 

 Russa equina. 



Sus oi, p. 585. — "The only (four) jiigs I got were all immature and are, I think, of 

 one species." 



Sus rlttatus Willink, Natuurkundig Tijdschrift Nederlandsch-Indie, XLV, p. 183. 



Ratufa polia bancana, p. 587. 



Seiurus bangkanus, p. 589. 



Seiurus tedongus, p. 591. 



Sciuropierus aurantiacus. — Jentink, Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Pays-Bas, XII, Cat. Syst. 

 Mammiferes, 1888, p. 6. 



Sciuropterus sagitta. — Jentink, Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Pays-Bas, XII, Cat. Syst. Mam- 

 miferes, 1888, p. 6. Willink, Natuurkundig Tijdschrift Nederlandsch-Indie, LXV, 

 1905, p. 232. 



Petaurista. — "Said to occur, but I did not meet with it." Not recorded by Jentink 

 or WiUink. 



Nannosciurus bancanus, p. 594. — "The little Nannosciurus occurs locally and is 

 then common." 



Mus firmus, p. 594. 



Mus cremoriventer, p. 595. 



Mus asper, p. 595. 



Mus clabatus, p. 596. — "Rats were scarce on Banka." 



Yiverra tangalunga.— Jentink, Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Pays-Bas, IX, Cat. Osteol. Mam- 

 miferes, 1887, p. 90. Willink, Natuurkundig Tijdschrift Nederlandsch-Indie, LXV, 

 1905, p. 210. Not taken by Doctor Abbott, but in his notes it is said to occur. 



Viverricula malaccensis Willink. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift .Nederlandsch-Indie, 

 LXV, 1905, p. 211. 



a Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Pays-Bas, IX, Cat. Osteol. Mammiferes, 1887, p. 149. 

 b Natuurkundig Tijdschrift Nederlandsch-Indie, XLV, 1905, p. 190. 



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