182 THE RIMAU-DAHAN. 



size of his head and body; it will bo somewhat 

 difficult now to decide, as the skin was unfortunate- 

 ly cut up for fur caps, and we think it preferable not 

 to add it to the list of synonyms. It is said to in- 

 habit China. 



Sir Stamford Raffles has also mentioned a very 

 large Sumatran animal, which we do not recollect 

 having seen noticed elsewhere, and if the form bears 

 any likeness to the short indication given of it in 

 that gentleman's catalogue, from the description of 

 the natives, it must be a very interesting animal in- 

 deed : " It is called Rimau-maug in the southern 

 districts, and is described as larger than the tiger, 

 more dangerous and destructive, and as making his 

 attacks in a different manner, not crouching and 

 darting from a covert, but rushing furiously and 

 steadily forward, and enforcing his way into villages 

 and houses. It is stated to have a mane of long hair 

 on its head and neck, to have a tuft at the extremity 

 of its tail, to be of a more uniform and dark colour, 

 arid to have a larger and longer head than the tiger. 

 It has been seen in various parts of the country, but 

 is by no means common *." 



The next animal we have to describe is one of the 

 largest of the Cats with spotted or ringed markings 

 It is 



Sir Stamford Raft^ L,mn. Trans, vol. xiii, p. 25A, 



