ON THE MALAY RACE OF THE INDIAN ELEPHANT. 285 
18. The Malay Race of the Indian Elephant, Hlephas 
maaimus hirsutus*. By R. LypeKKer, F.R.S., F.Z.S.t 
[Received February 24,1914: Read March 17, 1914.1] 
(Text-figures 1-3.) 
INDEX. Page 
Description of the new race .............020.....00806.0..-..... 288 
Thanks to the Trustees of the estate of the late Mr. Rowland 
Ward, the Natural History Branch of the British Museum has 
received the mounted skin of the young Malay Hlephant which 
died in the Society’s Gardens during the latter part of last year. 
While yet alive, the extraordinary hairiness of this animal 
attracted the attention of naturalists; and this feature, coupled 
with a pecuharity in the form of the ears, seems so well marked 
and so distinctive as to justify the recognition of the Malay 
Elephant as a distinct local race of the Asiatic species. 
Text-figure 1. 
Young Malay Elephant when alive in the Society’s Gardens. 
As I learn from Mr. Pocock, this Elephant came from the 
Kuala Pila district of the Negri Sembilan province of the Malay 
* [The complete account of this new subspecies appears here, but since the name 
and a preliminary diagnosis were published in the ‘ Abstract,’ No. 130, 1914, it is 
distinguished by being underlined.—Ep1rTor. | 
+ Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum. 
