62 DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF 



unable to produce the rattling or quivering noise which the 

 more highly specialized forms of porcupine make under the 

 influence of fear or anger. 



Dr. Gunther described a tail-less specimen of this por- 

 cupine as Tn'chvs h'pura, but on the discovery that it possessed 

 a tail Mr. Thomas re-named it T. gucntlicri. I had the good 

 fortune to procure a mother and young one which put an end 

 to any more doubt as regards the normal possession of a tail by 

 this porcupine, the young one having a tail and the mother no 

 sign of one. The specimens are now in the Natural History 

 Museum at South Kensington. The natives of Sarawak call 

 the porcupine "ankis," and say that there are two species, but 

 the reason is simply because they see some with a tail and 

 some without. However I should not be surprised to find 

 that Atlicnira also occurs in Sa'"awak. Kayan name, ' Buka.' 



Hab. Baram River (C. Hose). Sarawak (x\. Everett). 

 Rijang River (H. B. Low). Mount Dulit (C. Hose). Mount 

 Batu Song (C. Hose). 



RDK W Y^(\ U LATA. 



FA ^IIL Y EL E V II A X T ID .E . 



GENUS ELE IMl AS. 



ELEPHAS INDICUS. 



Elcplias indiciis^ Cuv. Regne An. i. p. 231 (181 7). 



Skin nearly naked. Tail with a row ol long coarse hairs 

 for a few inches before and behind and round the end only. 

 Five hoofs normally on each fore toot ; four hoofs on each 

 hind foot. The number of ridges in each molar, from the 

 first to the last, is 4, S, 12, 12, lO and 24, with slight variation. 

 Colour, blackish grey throughout. 



Dimensions. — Height at the shoulder in adult elephants 

 is almost exactly twice the circumterence of the fore foot. 

 Adult males do not, as a rule, exceed Q feet, females <S feet, in 

 height. 



The elephants in Borneo are only met with in the 

 northern portion of the island. They are very destructive to 

 the gardens. They are called by the Malays ' Gajah.' 



Some fine specimens of skulls of these animals are pre- 

 served in the Sarawak Museum. 



F A :\l I L Y K H I N C E W T I I) Ai . 



(I E N U S R H I N C E \l ( ) S . 



RHINOCEROS SUMATRANUS. 



Rhinf)Ccr<)S snmatranus^ Raffles, Tr L. S. .xiii, p 268 



(1820). 



