MALAY WILD DOGS — MALAY BEAR 



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Malay Wild 

 Dogs. 



Eastward of the Bay of Bengal hyaenas are unknown, and the 

 only members of the dog family met with are the jackal and the 

 Malay wild dog (Canis sv/matrensis). The latter differs from the Indian race of 

 the same species by its inferior stature, slighter build, and colour, the upper-parts 



MALAY BEAR. 



being rufous and the lower surface white. In habits the two races appear, how- 

 ever, to be practically identical. 



The Himalayan black bear is met with as far south as Mergui, 

 a ay ear. ^^ ^^ .^ wegtern an( j sou thern China, Hainan, and Formosa. The 



typical bear of south-eastern Asia is, however, the Malay bear (Zfrsws malayanus), 



