882 ON THE MAMMALS OF THE " SKEAT EXPEDITION." [Dec. 4, 



as " le pore epic de Malacca," and called Hystrix fasciculata by 

 Shaw, might be referred to the animal in question, as stated 

 by Dr. Jentink l . 



I have been carefully through Buffon and Shaw's descriptions, 

 comparing them with the present specimen, which differs in the 

 following points : — 



(i) The tail is much longer, measuring about half the length of 

 the body. 



(ii) Muzzle and legs are brown not black. 



(iii) The fifth digit on the fore feet has a small nail and is not 

 merely a tubercle. 



(iv) The spines have a brown tip with a white base, instead of 

 having a white tip and base and centre brown. 



This specimen agrees precisely in all these details with some six 

 specimens of T. lipura from Borneo, and undoubtedly belongs to 

 that species, which is, moreover, quite distinct from Hystrix fasci- 

 culata Shaw. 



Judging from the length of the tail and the white tips to the 

 spines, Buffon's description appears to me to refer to Aiherura 

 macrura (Linn.) ; at the same time Dr. Jentink's generic differ- 

 entiations 2 between Atheritra and Trichys appear to hold good, so 

 that the specimens in the Leyden Museum from Malacca may 

 probably be referred to T. lipura. 



Mr. Thomas gave the name guentheri on the assumption that 

 lipura meaning tailless could not apply to an animal with a long 

 tail, an assumption which in these days does not hold good. 



49. Tapirus indicts Cuv. 



Tapirus indicus, Cuv., Desin. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxii. 

 p. 45!) (1819); Flower, op. cit. p. 368. 

 a. Imm. sk. & skel. Aring, Kelantan, Sept. 1899. 



50. Nemorhcedus sumatrensis (Shaw) \ 



Antilope sumatrensis, Shaw, Gen. Zool. ii. pt. 2, p. 354 (1801). 



Nemorhcedus sumatrensis, Flower, op. cit. p. 370. 



Two pairs of horns, the one without any data and the other 

 from near Biserat, Jalor, presented by Mr. D.T.Gwynne Vaughan, 

 are referable to this genus and probably to N. sumatrensis, but the 

 material does not admit of a complete identification. 



51. Cervus unicolor Bechstein. 



Cervus unicolor, Bechstein, Allgem. Uebers. d. vierfiiss. Thiere, 

 i. p. 112 (1799); Flower, op. cit. p. 372. 



a. 2 skull. Biserat, Jalor, May 1890. 



This is a skull marked " Busa Deer," which, according to 

 Mr. Flower, is the local name for the species. 



1 Notes from the Leyden Museum, vol. xvi., Dec. 1894, p. 235. 



3 Tom. cit. 



:i The Kemorhadus from the Peninsula has, since this paper was read, been 

 separated under the name N. sweftenhami by Mr. Butler (P. Z. S. 1900, p. 675), 

 and is said to be distinguished by its jet-black legs. 



