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" Ei'mau aker " of the Malays of Perak, according to L. Wray. 



" Seua-bong " and " Mow-pa " of the Siamese. 



Cantor records this species from Penang and the Peninsula. 

 Ridley (Nat. Science, vol. vi. 1895, p. 92) says this is " the 

 commonest wild cat .... I have seen it in Singapore, and it 

 appears to be abundant in the Peninsula." 



In the Museum at Taiping there are many specimens from 

 Larut, Perak ; and I was told it was common in the State of 

 Selangor. In the Museum at Bangkok there are specimens from 

 Pachim, Siam. 



A wild cat caught near Balik-Pulo, Penang, in the spring of 

 1896 was, to the best of my recollection, of this species. 



Distribution. India, Assam, Burma, Southern China, Siam, 

 Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and the Philippines. 



23. Felis planiceps Vig. & Horsf. The Flat-headed Cat, 

 Felis planiceps, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 83. 



" Jalang" of the Malays of the Peninsula, according to Cantor. 



Cantor also gives " Kuching litan " as the Malay name of this 

 species, but this simply means " Cat of the woods " and is applied 

 to any wild cat. 



Cantor (p. 37) says of this apparently not numerous species 

 that it is found on the Malay Peninsula and is " of most ferocious 

 habits and untamable." 



In the Museum at Taiping there is a specimen said to have 

 been obtained in Selangor. 



In the Museum at Kuala Lumpor are two specimens, one from 

 Klang, and the other from some other locality in the State of 

 Selangor. 



W. L. Sclater (Cat. Mamm. Indian Mus. ii. 1891, p. 222) 

 records a specimen from Malacca obtained in 1846. 



Distribution. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 



24. Felis chaus Giild. The Jungle Cat. 

 Felis chaus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 86. 



In the Siamese Museum there is an old stuffed cat apparently 

 of this species, labelled " Siam : January 1894." 



Distribution. Northern Africa, Western Asia, India, Ceylon, 

 Burma, and perhaps Siam. 



N.B.— Ridley (Nat. Science, vol. vi. 1895, p. 92) says " Felis 

 tristis has been taken in Malacca." Sclater (P. Z. S. 1898, p. 281) 

 mentions a beautiful small wild cat from Siam, living in the 

 Jardin Zoologique dAcclimatation, Paris, which was quite new to 

 him. 



25. Felis domestica Briss. The Common Cat, 



" Kuching " of the Malays. 



" Mow " of the Siamese. 



The ordinarv domestic cat of the Malays has a very short 



