IlSrTI^ODUCTION. 



The following Descriptive Account of the Mammals of 

 Borneo, has been based mai'nlv on the collections made by 

 myself in the Bar a in District of Sarawak during the years 

 from 1S84 to l8g2. The map appended to this Account indicates 

 the localities at tvhich these collections hare been male by having 

 their names underlined. In preparing these phages I have to 

 acknotcledgc the valuable assistance I have received from the 

 folhiwing authoritative works on the Mammals occurring in this 

 part of the Malayan region : from Dr. John ^Indersoifs 

 Zoology of Western Yunnan ; frum Papers by Dr. Jentink 

 in the well known Notes from the Levden Museum; from 

 Dr. B Ian ford's Fauna of British India, Dr. T. Hors fie Id's 

 Researches in Java, and Dr. Dobsoifs Chiroptera. / 

 have also taken full advantage of the various icritings of 

 Drs. Miiller and Schlegel. But to no one more than to 

 Mr. Oldfcld Thomas of the British Museum, am I in- 

 debted not only for the aid I have derived from his 

 numerous pafcrs in the Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society and in the Annals and iMagazine of Natural 

 History describing my oicn and other Bornean collections ; 

 but more than I can suppicicntly acknotvledge, to his personal 

 assistance and advice so generojisly and heartily afforded at all 

 times. It zaas on his siigi^estion indeed that I have been 

 prevailed on to attempt the task <f putting together for private 

 circulation in collected fjrni the iiformation on the Mammalia 

 of Borneo scattered through the various publications I have fust 

 named, to tvhich I have added such personal observations on their 

 habits as I have had the opportunity of making in the held. My 

 object in undertaking this task — of whose many shortcomings I 

 am very sensible — has been to supply a handy guide to the 

 Mammals of the country in which I have spent so many years, in 

 the hope that it may be of some assistance to those engaged in the 

 study of the fauna of this large and interesting island. 



I cannot close these remarks wilhoiit expressing hoiv much 

 I am indebted to my good friend Mr. A. fl I^verett, not only for 

 his having induced me to take up the investigation 0/ the Ja una 

 of Borneo, but for the invariably kind manner in ivhich he has 

 assisted me throughout my researches. 



CHARLES HOSE. 



