1900.] MAMMALS OF SIAM AND THE MALAY PENIXSTTLA, 375 



W. L. Sclater(Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. ii. 1891, p, 191) records 

 two specimens from the Malay Peninsula, obtained in 1871 and 

 1872. 



Ridley (J. S. B. R. A. S. no. 25, 1894, p. 60) records this 

 species from Pahang, and (Nat. Science, vi. 1895, pp. 163, 161) 

 says this is the commonest species of Mouse-deer in the Peninsula, 

 and gives an interesting account of its habits in confinement and 

 of native methods of catching it. There are specimens from 

 Larut in the Museum at Taiping, and from Selangor in the Museum 

 from Kuala Lumpor. 



Distribution. Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula (Perak, Selangor, 

 Pahang), Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 



N.B. — Tragulus stanleyahus Gray. Stanleyan Chrevrotain. 



W. L. Sclater (Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. part ii. 1891) records 

 two specimens from the Malay Peninsula, obtained in 1870. This 

 species is by some supposed to occur in Singapore, perhaps from 

 a statement by A. Milne-Edwards: "Un iudividu ne le 25 sep- 

 tembre 1862, a Singapore, de Chevrotains de Stanley achetes par 

 M. Bocourt pour le Museum " (' Recberches Famille Chevrotains,' 

 p. 81, Paris, 1864). I do not know the real babitat of this species. 

 but have been told that it occurs in the Dutch islands south 

 and south-east of Singapore, and is imported into Singapore 

 from Rhio. 



Family Suid.e. 



153. Sus ceistatus Wagner. The Indian Wild Boar. 



Sus indicus, Cantor, p. 53. 



tins cristatus, Blanf. Paun. Ind., Mamm. p. 560, 



" Mu " of the Siamese. 



" Babi utan " of the Malays. 



Cantor records wild swine from the Malay Peninsula, Penang, 

 Singapore, and the Lancary Islands. Ridley (J. S. B. R. A. S. 

 no. 25, 1894, p. 60) says wild pig are common in the low country 

 of Pahang, and were also seen far up the Tahan ; and (Nat. Science 

 vi. 1895, p. 161) records them from the island of Singapore, 

 where he says they are " far too abundant." 



There are local specimens in the Museums at Taiping, Kuala 

 Lumpor, and Singapore, 



In 1896 wild pigs were still to be found in both Penang and 

 Singapore. In 1897 I saw one that had been killed the day before 

 near Gunong Pulai, Johore ; I was doubtful whether it was 

 8. cristatus or not, owing to the greatly elongated facial portion 

 of the skull, which unfortunately I could not bring away, my 

 companions being Mahomedans, and I having too many other 

 things to carry myself. In June 1898 I saw two wild pigs in 

 swamps beyond Jenan, Kedah ; apparently the ordinary S. cristatus. 



Distribution. India, Ceylon, Burma, Lower Siam, Malay Pen- 

 insula. 



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