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spaniel, of a jet-black colour, and have the projecting 

 dog-like muzzle and overhanging brows of the baboons. 

 They have large red callosities and a short fleshy tail, 

 scarcely an inch long and hardly visible. They go in 

 large bands, living chiefly in the trees, but often descend- 

 ing on the ground and robbing gardens and orchards. 



Anoa depressicornis, the Sapi-utan, or wild cow of the 

 Malays, is an animal which has been the cause of much 

 controversy, as to whether it should be classed as ox, 

 buffalo, or antelope. It is smaller than any other wild 

 cattle, and in many respects seems to approach some of 

 the ox-like antelopes of Africa. It is found only in the 

 mountains, and is said never to inhabit places where there 

 are deer. It is somewhat smaller than a small Highland 

 cow, and has long straight horns, which are ringed at the 

 base and slope backwards over the neck. 



The wild pig seems to be of a species peculiar to the 

 island ; but a much more curious animal of this family is 

 the Babirusa or Pig-deer, so named by the Malays from 

 its long and slender legs, and curved tusks resembling 

 horns. This extraordinary creature resembles a pig in 

 general appearance, but it does not dig with its snout, as 

 it feeds on fallen fruits. The tusks of the lower jaw are 

 very long and sharp, but the upper ones instead of grow- 

 ing downwards in the usual way are completely reversed, 

 growing upwards out of bony sockets through the skin on 



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