26 DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF 



more common than in the low country. It is more often seen 

 amongst the large boulders and rock on the slopes of the moun- 

 tains than in the dense jungle. The Dyak name is ' Dumbang 

 mirah.' 



Hab. Baram River (C. Hose). Mount Dulit 4000-ft. (C. 

 Hose). Mount Batu Song 3000-ft. (C. Hose). 



F A .AI I L Y C A N I I) .E . 



GENUS C Y N . 



CYON RUTILANS. 



Cyoji rutilans, S. Mull. Verhandelingen, Zool. Zoogd., p.p., 



27, 51 (j83Q). 



Colour, uniform deep ferruginous red above, hair .scarcely 

 paler towards the base. Lower parts whitish. Terminal 

 portion of tail black. 



Dimensions — Head and body, 32^ inches in a young male ; 

 tail, 12 ; tarsus and hind toot in adults, 6 inches. 



This wild dog must be very rare in Borneo. I have con- 

 stantly heard native accounts of it, but I have never seen a 

 specimen. The natives state that these dogs hunt wild animals 

 in packs. They have many superstitions concerning these 

 animals, and they are spoken of as a " hantu '" or spirit. Dyak 

 name, ' Pasun.' 



FAMILY M U S T E L I D .E . 

 GEXUS M US TELA. 



MUSTELA FLAVIGULA. 



Mnstcla tlavig;nla^ Bodd. Elench. An., p. 88 (1785). 



Tail long and bushy, measuring, without hair, quite three 

 quarters the lenglh of the head and body. Caudal vertebrae 24. 

 Feet more or less naked beneath ; in Malay specimens the 

 whole metacarpus and more than half the tarsus are bare, 

 •w^hilst in some Himalayan animals the naked soles appear 

 less developed. 



Colour glossy blackish brown ; chin, upper part of throat 

 as far as below the ears, white ; throat and breast yellow or 

 orange or brownish yellow. 



Dimensions — Head and body, 22 inches ; tail, without 

 hairs, about 16 ; with hairs, 17 to 20. 



This animal is found both in the low country and on the 

 mountains to the height of 2000-ft. It constantly frequents the 

 fruit gardens of the natives, and lives in the holes of hollow 

 trees during the greater part of the day time, coming out to 

 feed about three hours before sundown. 



Hab. Baram River (C. Hose). Mount Dulit 2000-ft. (t. 

 Hose). Mount Kalulong (C. Hose). 



