HYSTRIX >fÜLLERI. 



NOTE XXL 



ON THE SUMATRA PORCUPINE, HYSTRIX 

 MÜLLERI, TEMMINCK MS. 



BY 



Dr. P. A. JENTINK. 



Febniarij 1879. 



In his short paper on the fauna of the Malayan Archi- 

 pelago S. Muller ') states, that Hystrix f asciculata is found 

 in Sumatra , Java and Borneo. In this he must have been 

 mistaken, and seems to have confounded H. javanica with 

 H. fasciculata. 



H. fasciculata, Shaw *) is the Porc-épic de Malacca, 

 Buffon. ^) Wagner *) also confounded this species with 

 H. macroura, L. , which is the Poreus, aculeafus, sylvestris 

 seu Hystrix orientaUs singula7'is , Seba. ^) The H. macroura 

 has the tail half the length of the body and head (Seba), 

 II. fasciculata one third (Buffon) , the Java Porcupine , 

 which has a very short tail, only nearly one fifth. 



1) Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche Over- 

 zeesche Bezittingen, 1839 — 44, p. 36. 



2) General Zoology, 1801, Vol. II, part. I, p. 11, pi. 124, fig. 2. 



3) Supplement, 1799, tome VII, p. 124, pi. 



4) Schreber, Saugethiere, Suppl. Band IV, 1844, p. 23. 



5) Thesaurus, 1734, t. 1 , p. 84, pi. 52 (figura bona). 



Notes froxa. tlie Leyd.en lYXuseuin. 



