404. MamMatia oF INbDIA. 
No. 428. TaPiruS MALAYANUS. 
The Malay Tapir. 
NativE Names.—Za-ra-shu, Burmese ; Kuda-ayer, Malayan; Sada- 
dang of the Limuns in Sumatra ; Gizdol of the Mannas in Sumatra; Ladi- 
alu in Bencoolen ; Zennu in Malacca. 
Hapitat.—Tenasserim provinces, as high as the fifteenth degree 
north latitude; Lower Siam; the Malayan peninsula; Sumatra and 
Borneo. 
DeEscription.—General colour glossy black, but with the back, rump, 
Tapirus Malayanzs. 
and sides of the belly white. The young are beautifully variegated, 
being striped and spotted with yellow fawn on the upper parts of the 
body, and with white below. 
Mr. Mason writes: ‘‘ Though seen so rarely, the tapir is by no means 
uncommon in the interior of the Tavoy and Mergui provinces. I have 
frequently come upon its recent footmarks, but it avoids the inhabited 
parts of the country. It has never been heard of north of the valley of 
the Tavoy river.” 
The tapir is naiurally all the world over a very shy, retiring animal, 
but it is capable of being tamed when taken young, and of showing great 
attachment. 
