368 ME. STANLEY 8. i'LOWEE OS EOT [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, 8iam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



140. Rhinoceros sumateessis Cut. The Asiatic Two-horned 

 Bhinoceros. 



Rhinoceros sumatrengis, Blaut'. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 476. 



The " Bada Api " or " Fire Bhinoceros " of the Malays is prob- 

 ably a red variety of this species. 



Sclater (It. Z. S. Lk. 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 J oh ore 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 : — " 1 went to see a big rhinoceros in a pitfall 

 the other day at Bantan 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, aud seemed to enjoy being scratched." 



Distribution. Assam, Tenasserim, Siam, Malay Peninsula, 

 Sumatra, Borneo. 



Family Tapieid^e. 



141. Tapieus indicts Cuv. The Malay Tapir. 



Tapirus malayanns, Cantor, p. 55. 



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



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

 Kedah aud Perak. 



Badak," " Kuda Ayer,*' and " Tenmi " of the Malays of the 

 Peninsula, apud Cantor. 



" Tenok" of the Malays, aj>>i>/ Bidley. 



Cantor mentions specimens from Province W'ellesley 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. B. A. S. no. 25, p. 59) Bays 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 iu the Museum at Taiping, and 

 from Malacca in the Baffles Museum. 



H.H. the Bajah Mudah of Kedah told me (June 1898) that the 

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



