80 CATALOGUE. 



Canis rutilans, Muller, Over de Zoogdieren van den Ind. 



Archip.p. 27 and 51. 

 Canis javanicus, Desmar., Mamm. p. 193. 

 Wild Dog of Sumatra, Hardw., Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. 



p. 235. Raffles, p. 249. 

 WILDE HOND. In Java and Borneo, Muller. 

 Assoo (dog) ADJAKH, first variety. 

 Assoo KIKKEE, of the Javanese, OESOENG-ESANG, of the 



Sundaese, second variety. 

 HAB. Java and Sumatra ; also Borneo, Muller. 



A. Horsfield's Collection from Java. 



The Wild Dog of the Indian Archipelago is so nearly allied to the 

 Wild Dog of Continental India, the Cuon primtevus, that it remains for 

 further comparisons of specimens or individuals to determine whether it 

 be a distinct species or merely a variety. Its form resembles that of the 

 continental dog. 



" The general colour is a foxy ferruginous red, varying to lighter 

 shades on the belly and inside of the thighs ; the tail is pendulous, 

 bushy, reaching to the leg-joint, and covered with black hair." 

 (Hardw., Trans. Linn. Soc.) 



In Java two varieties of the wild dog are found, the Assoo adjak and 

 the Assoo-kikkee, or Oesoeng-esang of the natives. The former, Dr. 

 Muller informs us, lives chiefly in pairs, and although a savage and un- 

 tameable beast, is occasionally seen and captured. The latter is some- 

 what smaller in size and of a more cunning and evasive disposition. 

 It congregates in packs of about fifteen, pursuing with excessive 

 ferocity the Cervus muntjak and wild hogs, which are its principal 

 food. During his long residence in the Archipelago, Dr. Miiller could 

 never obtain a single specimen, or even a fragment of its hide. Both 

 varieties conceal themselves in the most inaccessible parts of large 

 forests. My collections from Java contain a single individual scarcely 

 adult, which was procured with difficulty in the extensive wilds of the 

 eastern parts of Java. 



Genus CANIS, Linn et al. 



103. CANIS AUREUS, Linn. Syst. Nat. XII., I. p. 59 ; 

 ed. Gmel. I. p. 72. Desmar., Mamm. p. 200. Fischer, 

 Synops. Mamm. p. 184. Syhes, Catal. of Dukliun Mam- 

 malia, Pr. Zool. Soc. 1831, p. 101. Elliot, Catal of Mamm. 

 of S. Mahratta Country, Madr. J. Lit. and Sc. p. 101. 

 Bennett, Tower Menagerie, p. 97, with a figure. 



