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{Diplogale hosei), the sole member of its genus, while it is also one of the habitats 

 of other species mentioned in the last chapter. The Malay wild dog ranges from 

 the mainland of the Peninsula to Sumatra and Java and possibly to Borneo ; while 

 the only bear found in the islands is the small smooth-coated Malay species (Ursus 

 malayanus), which inhabits Sumatra, Java, and Borneo, as well as the Malay 

 Peninsula and north-west China. The weasel group is more numerous in the 

 islands, one of the most peculiar types being the Malay badger {Mydaus meliceps), 

 the only species of its genus, which inhabits the mountains of Java, Sumatra, and 



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Borneo. This animal is to be avoided by the hunter on account of its habit of 



ejecting a noisome fluid well nigh as evil-smelling as the secretion of the American 



skunks. It is much smaller and also browner than the European badger, with a 



stripe of white down the back. 



Several hoofed mammals are indigenous to the Malay Islands. 

 Buffaloes. . ... 



Whether the karabau or wild buffalo of Java is an indigenous race of 



the Indian buffalo or imported is uncertain, but a small Bornean buffalo has been 



described as a distinct race under the name Bos bubalis hosei. Another buffalo, the 



tamarao (B. mindorensis), inhabiting the island of Mindoro in the Philippines, is 



covered with coarse, thick, blackish brown hair, and stands only about 3^ feet at 



