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TANGALUNG.—F/m-m Taujahmcja. 



The creature wiiich is known by the native name of Tangalung, bears some 

 resemblance to tlie preceding animals. The black markings, however, are more 

 (listmct, and along the direction of the spine the fur is most deeply black. On 

 the lo^yer part of the throat and neck arc three curiously shaped black bands, veiy 

 \yide in the middle and veiy naiTow at each end, the central band being several 

 times wider than the others. 



The length of this animal is two feet six inches, the head measuring nearly 

 seven mches in length, and the tail about eleven inches. The head is rather 

 wide and rounded, and is suddenly contracted towards the nose, so as to form a 

 rather short muzzle. The tail is nearly cylindrical, and does not taper so much 

 as that of the Zibeth, and the body is furnished with a close downy covering of 

 soft hairs next the skin. It is partly to this woolly haii' that the cylinckical oui^ 

 line of the tail is owing. 



The Tangalung is a native of Sumatra. 



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