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288. MANIS JA VANICA, Desmar., Mamm. p. 377. Mid- 

 ler, Verh. over N. G. p. 37. 



Manis pentadactyla, Raffl., Trans. Linn. Soc.XIII.p.249. 

 TANGILING, Javanese. PANGOLING-SISIK, Sumatra, 

 Raffles. 



HAB. Java, Sumatra, Borneo. 



A. B. Adult. HorsfieLTs Collection from Java. 



C. Young. From the same. 



The habits of the Javanese Manis are thus described by Dr. Sal. 

 Miiller : " It lives chiefly in forests, and prefers mountainous districts. 

 A peculiar feature in its habits is, that it ascends trees, and conceals 

 itself in fissures, selecting especially several species of the wild fig-tree. 

 It is less frequently found in cavities of rocks. In naked tracts it 

 burrows in the earth, often to a considerable extent, in search of white 

 and other ants, which are its chief food, although it also pursues insects 

 and worms. Its flesh is freely eaten by the natives, and of the scales they 

 form rings and amulets." (Verhandl. over Nat. Gesch. &c. p. 37.) 



e. OBNITHORHYNCHINA. 



Genus ORNITHORHYNCHUS, Blumenbach, Voigts. Mag. II. 

 1800. 



PLATYPUS, Shaw. Nat. Misc. 118, 1799. 



289. ORNITHORHYNCHUS PARADOXUS, Blumenb., 

 Handb. 10, p. 135. 



Platypus anatinus, Shaw. 

 HAB. Australia and Van Diemen's Land. 

 A. Presented by John Reeves, Esq. 



