368 ME. STANLEY S. 1'LOWER ON THE I Apr. 3, 



low, open country, apparently losing its way. It is a quiet, 

 inoffensive beast." 



Distribution. Sundarbans, parts of Eastern Bengal, Sikhim Terai. 

 Assam, Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



140. Rhinoceros sumatrensis Cuv. The Asiatic Two-horned 

 Rhinoceros. 



Rhinoceros sumatrqnsis, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 476. 



The " Bada Api " or " Fire Rhinoceros *' of the Malays is prob- 

 ably a red variety of this species. 



Sclater (Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 651, 1875) mentions a rhinoceros of this 

 species " captured in the Sunghi-njong (presumably Sungei-Ujong) 

 district of Malacca," and says other specimens " from the same 

 district or the neighbouring territory of Johore were imported into 

 Europe." 



W. L. Sclater (Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. ii. 1891, p. 205) records 

 specimens from Malacca. 



Mr. A. L. Butler in a letter to me, from Kuala Lumpor, dated 

 25th Oct., 1898, says : — " I went to see a big rhinoceros in a pitfall 

 the other day at Rantan Panjang. A fine big female R. sumatrensis, 

 a dark reddish-brown beast, 4 feet 3 inches at shoulder (measured 

 with a standard) and about 8 feet to 9 feet in length (guessed). 

 The great thing that struck me was her extraordinary tameness. 

 She had only been caught three days, but fed readily from one's 

 hand, and seemed to enjoy being scratched." 



Distribution. Assam, Tenasserim, Siam, Malay Peninsula, 

 Sumatra, Borneo. 



Family Tapirid^. 



141. Tapirus indicus Cuv. The Malay Tapir. 



Tapirus malayanus, Cantor, p. 55. 



Tapirus indicus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 478. 



" Badak tampong " (i. e. Piebald Rhinoceros) of the Malays in 

 Kedah and Perak. 



Badak," " Kiida Ayer," and " Tennu " of the Malays of the 

 Peninsula, apud Cantor. 



•'Tenok" of the Malays, apud Ridley. 



Cantor mentions specimens from Province "Wellesley and Kedah. 

 W. L. Sclater (Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. ii. 1891, p. 198) records 

 two specimens from Malacca, obtained in 1820 and 1848. 



Ridley (J. S. B. R. A. S. no. 25, p. 59) says tracks of the Tapir 

 were seen near Temerloh, Pahang, and (Nat. Science, vi. 1895 

 pp. 161, 162) mentions the supposed protective coloration of the 

 young. 



There are specimens from Larut in the Museum at Taiping, and 

 from Malacca in the RafBes Museum. 



H.H. the Rajah Mudah of Kedah told me (June 1S9S) that the 

 Tapir is not uncommon in the swamps of Kedah, within a day's 



