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DESCRIPTIONS OF SPECIES, WITH CRITICAL ANNOTATIONS 

 AND LISTS OF SPECIMENS. 



MANIS JAVANICA Desmarest. 



1907. Manis javanica, Lyon, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 33, p. 548, December 

 24, 1907. 



Two specimens from Pontianak, collected in 1905. 



BOS SONDAICUS Schlegel and Miiller. 



1839-1844. Bos sondaicus Schlegel and Muller, Verb.. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. 

 Bezitt., p. 197, pis. 35-39. 



Two specimens, skins and skulls, from Pamukang Bay — an adult 

 female, Cat. No. 154385, collected in 1909, and a female calf, Cat. No. 

 151865, collected in 1908. The general body color of the adult lies 

 between Ridgway's hazel and chestnut; a conspicuous narrow black 

 stripe extends down the back from behind the shoulders to base of 

 tail; from the base of the neck to the beginning of the black stripe 

 there is an inconspicuous reddish stripe due to a general brightening 

 of the general body color; the general color effect of the head and 

 neck is something between russet and wood brown; the underparts are 

 almost blackish; the "stockings," buttock patch, inside of ears, and 

 the chin vary from dirty white to cream-buff; the tail is long-haired, 

 the upper two-thirds being of the body color, the terminal third 

 blackish. The calf is similarly colored to the adult, but much duller, 

 so that the general effect is much like russet. The colored illustra- 

 tions of Bos sondaicus by Schlegel and Muller are good representations 

 of the present specimens except that the adult female in the plate is 

 rather dull. 



Measurements of the adult female: Head and body, 2,060 mm. 

 tail, 670; hind foot, 560; height at shoulder, 1,280; at rump, 1,310 

 weight of cut-up carcass without entrails, 386 pounds (175 kilos) 

 estimated live weight, 500 pounds (227 kilos); basal length of skull, 

 405 mm.; condylo-basal length, 434 ; zygomatic width, 175; maxillary 

 toothrow, 128; mandibular tooth row, 135. 



This was quite common about Pamukang Bay, and I wasted much time in trying 

 to get a specimen. Twice I was close to herds containing good bulls, but all my 

 heavy rifle cartridges had gone bad. The cartridges had been five years on the 

 Terrapin [Doctor Abbott's schooner] and the caps would not explode. To what 

 extent these cattle are indigenous and to what extent, if any, feral, it is impossible 

 to say. They are also found wild upon Pulo Laut, and even it is said on the small 

 island of Bira Birahan, near the south end of Laut. They could not have been 

 indigenous on that little island, only a mile long. At the present day very few 

 cattle are kept by the natives. But the praus from Madura and Bali bring up many 

 Bali cattle for beef every year. These and the wild ones look just alike. — W. L. A. 



