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MAMMALIA. 



Genus TAPIRUS. 



Tapirus, G. Cuvier Tab. Element de I'Hist. Nat., p. 152 (1798)*. 

 Rhinochoerus, Wagler Syst. Amphih., p. 17 (1830). 



A^. 



Tapirus indicus. 



•'Tapir of Malacca.," Far guhar, Diard and Siddons, As. Res., xiii, p. 417, 

 Tapirus indicus, G. Cuvier Rapport trav. I'Institttt (1818)*; Des^narest 



Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xxxii, p. 458. 

 Tapirus sumatranus, Gray Med. Repos.' (1821)*. 

 Tapirus rnalayanus, Raffles Linn. Trans., xiii, p. 270 (1822); Horsfield 



Zool. Res. with plates ; Cantor J. A. SB., xv, p. 263 ; Blyth Cat., p, 135 ; id. 



J. A. S B., xliv, Burvia List, p. 49. 

 Tapirus bicolor, IVagfter Schreb. Saugeth., vi, p. 400 (1835), 

 Rhinochoerus sumatranus, Gray P.Z.S., p. 884 (1867). 



Distribution. — In Tenasserim from the latitude of Yb south- 

 wards through the Malay peninsula ; Sumatra. It is also said 

 to occur in Borneo and Southern China, but this is very doubtful. 



W. Rutledge, 1874. 

 W. Rutledge, 1874. 

 Zoological Gardens, 1876. 

 W. Rutledge, 1879, 



Purchased, 1879. 

 Zoological Gardens, 1881. 

 Babu H. M. Roy, 1885, 

 J. Agabeg, 1844, A.S.B. 

 W. Rutledge, 1874. 

 W. Farquhar, 1820, A.S B. 

 Dr. McCosn, 1837, A.S.B. 

 E. Lindstedt, 1848. A.S.B, 



Genus EQUUS. 



Equus, Linnceus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 100 (1766). 

 Asinus, Gray Ann. Philos., xxvi, p. 357 (1825)*. 



The two Indian wild asses, the Kiang of Thibet and the Ghor- 

 khur of Cutch, resemble each other very closely, and there does not 

 seem to be, judging either by the descriptions published of the two 

 animals or by examination of the few skulls in the Museum, any 

 real distinction between the two. For convenience however, the 

 synonymy of the two forms has been separated under the headings 

 of Equus hsemionus var. indicus and E. hcemionus var. kiang. 



Equus hemionus. 



Var. A. — typicus. 

 '• Onager," Pallas Act. Acad. Petrop., 1777, pt. 2, p. 25S, pis, xi, xii. 



