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THE MALAY TAPIR. 







Tapirus Malay anus RAFFLES. 



PLATE XXX. 



Tapirus Malayanus, Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xiii. 

 p. 2. Horsfield's Zool. Researches in Java Le 

 Maiba, Fred. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. des Mammif. 



THE first specimens of this animal were procured 

 and forwarded by Major Farquhar, while we 

 are indebted to Sir Stamford Raffles for the first 

 descriptions, and through his assistance to Sir E. 

 Home, for some notes upon its anatomy It is 

 very remarkable for the decided contrast of the 

 colours of the body, but in other respects resem- 

 bles the form of the American animals, being 

 destitute, however, of any mane. The colours 

 are very deep purplish brown, and white, as dis- 

 tributed on the figure of our plate ; the skin thick, 

 but thinly covered with hair ; the ears bordered 

 with white. The young, according to Major 

 Farquhar, " until the age of four months, is black, 



