MANIS JAVANICA, 



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A. Central row of scales of tail uninterrupted down to 

 the tip. Bristles between the scales. — Manidae from the 

 Indian Continent and from the Malay Archipelago. 



ot. More than 20 scales on the median row of the tail. 



1. Manis javanica. 



1820. Manis javanica Desmarest. Mammalogie. p. 377. 

 1822. Manis pentadactijla Raöles. Linn. Transact, p. 249. 

 1842. Manis (Pholidotus) aspera Suudevall. K. Vet. Acad. 



Handl. p. 253. T. IV, fig. 11. — Manis leptura 



Blyth. J. A. S. B. p. 454. 

 I847. Manis leucura 3,nd leptura Blyth. J. A. S. B. p. p. 



1273 and 1274. 

 1850. Manis guy Focilloi;. Revue et Magasin de Zoölogie. 



p. 513. PI. 10. 

 1865. Pholidotus javanus Grsiy. P. Z. S. L. p. 366. 



1872. Pholidotus gouyi Fitzinger. Sitzb. d. K. Akad. d. 

 Wisschensch. Wien. p. 29; Ph, asper Fitz. 1. c. p. 

 32 ; Ph' malaccensis Fitz. 1. c. p. 42 ; Ph. leuciirus 

 Fitz. 1. c. p. 44; Ph. Upturns Fitz. 1. c. p. 46; 

 Ph. labuanus Fitz. 1. c. p. 48. 



1873. Pholidotus javanus Gray. Handlist of the Edentate, 

 Thick-skinned and Ruminant Mammals, p. 8. 



Outside of fore and hind legs covered with scales. End 

 of tail naked on its lower surface. Claws of hind feet 

 nearly equal to those of fore feet. The number of scales 

 in the middle row of the tail varies between 20 and 30. 

 Body with 19 longitudinal series of scales. Nearly always 

 keeled scales on the sides of the body and on the hindfeet. 



Hab. Burma, Arakan to Mergui (Blyth); Malacca , Poeloe 

 Pinang (Cantor), Singapore (B. M.); Salanga-island (v. 

 Maltzan); Sumatra; Poeloe Nias (v. Rosenberg); Banka 

 (Teysmann) ; Biliton and Karimata-Islands (Valentijn) ; Java; 

 Madura (Valentyn); Borneo; Celebes, Macassar (Valentijn). 



PTotes from t)ie Leyden B^useum, Vol. TV. 



