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THE CAMBITTGTOOTAN. 



Wamorhadus Sumatrensis^ SMITH. 

 PLATE II. 



Uambing Ootan, Marsden. Cambtan, Fred. Cuv. Hist. 

 Nat. des Mammiferes. 



SPECIMENS of this animal are yet uncommon, and 

 almost all its later describers have been indebted to 

 only imperfect materials. Mr Marsden was the first 

 individual who noticed it, and for a long period re- 

 mained almost the sole authority for the descriptions. 



In 1821, Frederic Cuvier received drawings from 

 MM. Diard and Duvancel, but without a detailed 

 description. These were published in his Histoire 

 Naturelle des Mammiferes, which we have now made 

 use of. 



It is an animal standing from between 2 feet 2 inches 

 to 2 feet 6 high. The hair on the head and body is 

 entirely of a deep greyish-black, and is long. The 

 neck and above the shoulders is covered with near- 

 ly white hair, also long, forming a sort of mane, 

 and a strong contrast with the dark colours of the 

 body. The suborbital sinus is very large, and se 

 cretes a yellowish liquid. The Cambing Ootan 

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