72 MAMMALS OF BORNEO. 



1M)EK EDENTATA. 



FAMILY MAXID.E. 



GENUS :\1 A N I S . 



MANIS JAVANICA. 



Mam's jm'anica^ Desmarest, Mainni. p. 377 (1822). 



Form more slender than in either of the proceding speeies 

 and tail generally longer. Fore claws but little longer than 

 the hind, never more than half as long again. Scales longer, 

 more pointed behind, and rather less closely adpressed, the 

 posterior edges chipped, not worn, and with a median keel 

 frequently visible in adults, especially on the tail, sides, and 

 / ' limbs ; 15 to 19 rows (usuall}^ 17) round the body, 20 to 30 



(usually 24 to 27) scales in the median row above the tail. 



Colour dark brown, the sides and the terminal portion of 

 the tail sometimes whitish, and all the scales in a few instances 

 particoloured. Naked skin whitish. 



Dimensions — A large male measured, head and body 21.5 

 inches, tail 20 ; basal length of a skull 4'i, greatest breadth 



I75- 



Dyak name ' Tangiling.' 



Hab. Mount Dulit 3000-ft. (C. Hose). Baram River (C. 

 Hose). 



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