MAMMALIA froin the Malay archipelago. 



i. 



PRIMATES, PROSIMIAE, GALEOPITHECIDAE , CARNIVORA, 

 ARTIODACTYLA , EDENTATA, MARSUPIALIA. 



BY 



MAX WEBER. 



The mammals clescribed in the present paper and those in a suc- 

 ceeding paper by Dr. Jentink, form part of my zoological collections 

 made in Sumatra , Java , Flores , Celebes and Saleyer. 



As already stated in the preface I never neglected during my 

 journey to collect mammals. 



In Flores, Saleyer and Celebes I tried to secure as füll a collection 

 of them as possible. In Sumatra and Java however I could not attach 

 very much importance in the collecting of mammals as I could spend 

 only a certain amount of time in searching for them and principally 

 for the purpose of getting good material for further anatomical in- 

 vestigations. For these different reasons the collection brought home 

 is not an extensive one. Nevertheless and even if a large amount of 

 the Mammalia collected is very well known, I believe it is worth 

 while to give a complete list. In the first place to have an opportu- 

 nity for some more or less extensive remarks and observations about 

 the mammals in question. In the second place I can give authentic 

 Statements of the occurrence of them in different localities , a point of 

 much interest in these days, that needs extreme accuracy. 



In this way the Island Flores is of special interest, as there was 

 hitherto no indication about the mammals living there. Also the sou- 

 thern part of Celebes was — zoologically speaking — a terra incognita. 



