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SWINE. 



THE second species of Tapir is found in Malacca and Sumatra, and is a most conspicuous 

 animal, in consequence of the broad band of white that encircles its body, and which at a little 

 distance gives it the aspect of being muffled up in a white sheet. 



The ground color of the adult Malayan Tapir is a deep sooty-black, contrasting most 

 strongly with the grayish-white of the back and flanks. The young animal is as beautifully 

 variegated as that of the preceding species, being striped and spotted with yellow fawn upon 

 the upper parts of the body, and with white below. There is no mane upon the neck of the 

 Malayan Tapir, and the proboscis is even longer in proportion. In size it rather exceeds 

 the preceding animal. In many of its habits the Malayan animal is exactly similar to the 



KUDA-AYER, OR MALAYAN TAPIR, Tapinu maiayania. 



species which inhabits America, but it is said that although the Kuda-Ayer is very fond of 

 the water, it does not attempt to swim, but contents itself with walking on the bed of the 

 stream. Although a sufficiently common animal in its native country, it is but seldom seen, 

 owing to its extremely shy habits, and its custom of concealing itself in the thickest underwood. 

 The hide of the Tapir is employed by the natives for several useful purposes, but the flesh 

 is' dry, tasteless, and not worth the trouble of cooking. The term Kuda-Ayer is a Malayan 

 word, signifying "river-horse," and it is also known by the name of Tennu. 



SWINE. 



IN the SWINE, the snout is far less elephantine than in the preceding animals, and 

 although capable of considerable mobility, cannot be curled round any object so as to raise it 

 from the ground. Nor, indeed, is such a power needed, as the Swine employ the snout for the 

 purpose of rooting in the earth, and of distinguishing, by its tactile powers, and the delicate 

 sense of smell which is possessed by these animals, those substances which are suitable for its 

 food. 



