402 Capt. P. J. Begbie on the Natural History 
Sciurus badjing, Gmel. (syn. Sciurus flavus, Penn.) The Plan- 
tain Squirrel. Colour throughout pale yellow. Size the same as 
the last ; gentle and easy tamed. This species is considered by 
Mr. Stark not to be well established, and he therefore merely 
mentions the name without including it in his classification. As 
however I procured a live specimen in the interior of the penin- 
sula, and kept it for some weeks, I have restored it to its proper 
place in the catalogue. 
Besides the above, there are three or four varieties of flying 
squirrels, viz. the Pteromys petaurista of Desm., or Sciwrus petau- 
rista of Gmelin and Pallas, about seventeen inches long; the P. 
nitidus of Desm., which is a slight variety of the preceding; the 
P. sagitta of the same author, or Sciurus sagitta of Gmelin ; the 
Javan flying squirrel, six inches long, &c. 
Mus javanus, Desm. (syn. Mus pilorides, Linn.) The Musk Cavy. 
Body above tawny, beneath white. Tail long, scaly, truncate. 
Nine inches long, tail four inches. The cavy grunts something 
like a hog, and from the looseness and toughness of its skin, and 
the length of its fore-teeth, which are cuneiform, makes a vigorous 
resistance when attacked by even three or four dogs. These 
teeth are about an inch long, and fully as much is imbedded in 
the jaw. When removed from the socket, the shape of the tooth 
is about a third of a circle. They are harmless and inoffensive, 
living principally wpon the bamboo, which they cut down with 
great rapidity, and are known to the Malays by a name signi- 
fying Bamboo Rat. 
Manis crassicaudata, Geoff. (syn. M. macroura, Desm.; M. pen« 
tadactyla, Linn.) Short-tailed Manis. This animal is about two 
feet long, and has the body covered with imbricate triangular 
scales ; those on the back form eleven longitudinal and parallel 
rows. The tail shorter than the body. The manis erects its 
scales when irritated, and defends itself when attacked by rolling 
up its body into the form of a ball, presenting a defence on every 
side by means of its pointed scales. | 
The Manis javanicus of Desm. differs principally from the 
foregoing in being only two-thirds of the size, and having seven- 
teen rows of longitudinal scales on the back. 
Elephas indicus (syn. Elephas maximus, Linn.). The Asiatic 
Elephant. This animal inhabits the forests of the Malayan pe- 
ninsula in considerable numbers. 
Sus babyrussia, Linn. The Wild Hog. The name of this spe- 
cies is derived from two Malay words, viz. babi, hog, and rusa, 
wild. It is very abundant throughout the peninsula ; but its 
tusks are smaller, and its disposition less ferocious, than those of 
the wild hog of continental India. It can be shot on foot with 
