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XIII. NOTES ON SOME MAMMALS FROM SUMATRA. 



By E. Jacobson. 

 (Plate III). 



In the Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums, 

 Vol. VII, Decemher 1919, Messrs. H. C. Robinson and C. 

 Boden Kloss published some papers on mammals obtained 

 by me in difiercnt parts of Sumatra (pp. 257-291, 299-323). 

 Below I give some additional data regarding these 

 collections. Some hares I obtained at a later date have 

 also been described by Mr. Boden Kloss and myself (tom. 

 cit. pp. 293-298). 



1. Nesolagus netscheri (Schleg.). 



Of the extremely rare Sumatran Hare J obtained 

 altogether seven specimens. Besides the four specimens 

 enumerated by Mr, Boden Kloss on page 296, I caught : — 



One specimen at Balun, in the District of Muaro Labuh 

 (Padang Highlands), July 1914. 



Two specimens at Sungai Kumbang, at the foot of 

 Korinchi Peak, August 1915. 



These three specimens were sent to the Leyden Museum 

 of Natural History, Of the four specimens examined by 

 Mr. Kloss three have been sent also to the Leyden Museum 

 and one has been presented by me to the British Museum. 



Where such a rare species is concerned, it is worth 

 while to record all specimens which have been obtained. 



In August 1895 a living specimen was bought by the 

 Zoological Gardens at Amsterdam from a sailor, who had 

 obtained it at Padang (West coast of Sumatra), the exact 

 locality where it came from being imknowji. The animal 

 was in very bad condition and had lost one of its hind-legs. 

 At the Zoological (lardens it was fed with bran, radishes, 

 carrots, bread, young shoots of oak, elm, and beech. Very 

 soon after its arrival, in September of the same year, it 

 died liaving remained always very shy and timorous. The 

 skin and skull are preserved in the Museum of t!ie Gardens. 



The Leyden Museum received in August 1916 a skin 

 and a skull of Nesolagus netscheri from Mr. Stolz at Surian 

 (District Alahan Pandjang, Padang Highlands), a place 

 not so very distant from Balun, where I obtained my tirst 

 specimen. 



The Zoological Museimi at Utrecht possesses two 

 specimens of the Sumatran Hare preserved in spirits. 



" Another specimen of N. netscheri, is in the possession 

 of the British Museum (Natural History) ; and I am 

 informed by Mr, Oldfield Thomas that Dr. Forsyth-Major 

 made use of it when writing his well-known paper on 

 Leporidae. The example is said to have come from Padang, 

 but this is most certainly not correct and probably due to 



