CATALOGUE OF THE MAMMALIA 



IN THE 



MUSEUM OF THE EAST-INDIA COMPANY. 



Class MAMMALIA. 



Order I. PRIMATES. 

 Fam. SIMIAD^. 



Genus SIAMANGA, Gray, Synopsis of the Br. Mus. 

 SIMILE Species, Linn, et al. HYLOBATES, Illiger et al. 



1. SIAMANGA SYNDACTYLA, Raffles Sp. 



Simla syndactyl^Raffles.Trans.Linn.Soc.Xin.p.Wl. 1822. 

 Simia syndactyla, Horsfield, Zool. Research., with a figure. 

 Hylobates syndactyla, Appendix to Life of Sir T. 'S. 



Raffles, p. 640. 1830. 



Siamanga syndactyla, Gray, Catal. Mamm. Br. Mus. 

 SIAMANG of the natives of Sumatra. 



HAB. Sumatra. According to Dr. Heifer, also Tenasserim. 

 Specimens A. B. C. presented by Sir T. S. Raffles. 



The first authentic description of the Siamang was given by Sir 

 T. S. Raffles, in the thirteenth volume of the Transactions of the Lin- 

 nean Society, who briefly states as to its habits, that " a living specimen 

 which he procured, was tame and tractable ; in fact he was never happy 

 but when allowed to be in company with some one." Mr. George 

 Bennett (Wanderings, vol. II. p. 151, &c.) gives a copious account of 

 his observations during a voyage from New South Wales to England, 

 on a Siamang who was his fellow passenger ; he describes the animal 

 as intelligent, lively, very active, and capable of forming a strong 

 attachment to certain individuals. 



