282 Natueal History 



do they form so decided a feature in the natural history of 

 the country. 



The Mammalia of Celebes are very few in number, consist- 

 ino- of fourteen terrestrial species and seven bats. Of the 

 former no less than eleven are peculiar, including two which 

 there is reason to believe may have been recently carried into 

 other islands by man. Three species which have a tolerably 

 wide range in the Archipelago, are — 1, the curious lemur 

 (Tarsius spectrum), which is found in all the islands as far 

 westward as Malacca; 2, the common Malay civet (Viverra 

 tangalunga), which has a still wider range ; and 3, a deer, 

 which seems to be the same as the Rusa hippelaphus of Java, 

 and was probably introduced by man at an early period. 



The more characteristic species are as follow : 



Cynopithecus nigrescens, a cui-ious baboon-like monkey, if 

 not a true baboon, which abounds all over Celebes, and is found 

 nowhere else but in the one small island of Batchian, into 

 which it has probably been introduced accidentally. An allied 

 species is found in the Philippines, but in no other island of 

 the Archipelago is there any thing resembling them. These 

 creatures are about the size of a spaniel, of a jet-black color, 

 and have the projecting dog -like muzzle and overhanging 

 brows of the baboons. They have large red callosities and a 

 short fleshy tail, scarcely an inch long and hardly visible. 

 They go in large bands, living chiefly in the trees, but oft- 

 en descending on the ground and robbing gardens and or- 

 chards. 



Anoa depressicornis (the Sapi-utan, or wild cow of the Ma- 

 lays) is an animal which has been the cause of much contro- 

 versy, as to whether it should be classed as ox, buffalo, or 

 antelope. It is smaller than any other wild cattle, and in 

 many respects seems to approach some of the ox-like antelopes 

 of Africa. It is found only in the mountains, and is said nev- 

 er to inhabit places where there are deer. It is somewhat 

 smaller than a small Highland cow, and has long straight 

 horns, which are ringed at the base, and slope backward over 

 the neck. 



The wild pig seems to be of a species pecidiar to the isl- 

 and ; but a much more curious animal of this family is the 

 Babiriisa, or pig-deer, so named by the Malays from its long 



