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journey of Alor Star. Mr. F. H. Malcolm Staples told me (Sept. 

 1897) that the Tapir is still sometimes met with about Batu Pahat, 

 Johore. 



On the 25th July, 1898, 1 saw a young Tapir alive in Bangkok : 

 it had been brought from the Malay Peninsula, from between Kedah 

 and Singora ; it was kept in the King of Siam's menagerie, and 

 died about 6th August, 1898. 



Distribution. Tenasseriiu, Lower Siam, Malay Peninsula, 

 Sumatra. 



Family Bovid^. 

 142. Bos gaurus Ham. Smith. The Gaur or S'ladang. 



Bosgour, Cantor, p. 64. 



Bos gaums, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 484, fig. 159 (p. 488). 



" Kating " of the Siamese (both B. gaums and B. sondaicus seem 

 included in this name). 



" Sapi utan " (i. e. Cattle of the Woods) of the Malays of the 

 Peninsula, apud Cantor. 



" S'ladang " of the Malays. 



W. L. Sclater (Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. 1891, p. 125) records a 

 skull and horns from Malacca from Dr. Maingay, 1863. Bidley 

 (J. S. B. E. A. S. no. 25, 1894, p. 59) says : " The S'ladang is to be 

 met with all through the Pahang jungles, but, owing to its shy 

 and retiring habits, is difficult of approach. Tahan woods and all 

 down Pahang Biver." 



In the Museum at Taiping there are horns from Batang Padang, 

 Perak, and many fine heads from Pahang shot by Mr. C. F. W. 

 Curtis. In the Museum at Kuala Lumpor there are a stuffed bull 

 and numerous heads shot by the late Captain H. C. Syers in 

 Selangor. The Baffles Museum contains a skull from Ulu Pahang 

 presented by Mr. W. Bertrand Boberts. 



Mr. W. Sinclair told me in Jan. 1898 that there are wild cattle, 

 probably of this species, in the hill-jungle at the back of Anghin, 

 Siam. 



A pair of horns, apparently of this species, from near Baheng, 

 Siam, measured in length 24 inches, and in circumference at the 

 base 17 inches. 



Mr. A. J. A. Jardine, Inspector General of Police, Bangkok, 

 told me he had found a Gaur killed by wild dogs near Shagan 

 Salween Biver, Burma. 



Distribution. Parts of India, Assam, Burma, Siam, Malay 

 Peninsula ; Cochinchina ? 



143. Bos sondaicus Mull. & Schleg. The Banting or 

 Tumbaadu. 



Bos sondaicus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 489. 

 " Kating " of the Siamese. 

 " Sapi-utan " of the Malays. 



In March 1897 I saw detached horns, apparently of this species, 



