18 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.8. SAMAKANG. 



Farm 6. URSID^E. 

 1. HELAECTOS. 



1. Helarctos Malay amis, Horsf. ; Cantor, Mamm. Malay. 21. Ursus Malayanus, Raffles. 



Hab. Sumatra; Raffles. Malayan Peninsula; called bruang. Tenasserim Provinces, Assam ; Cantor. 

 B. M. 



Var. /3. H. Furyspilus, Horsf. Zool. Joum. i. 221. t. 7. U. Malayanus var. Temm. 

 Hab. Borneo. B. M. 



Fain. 7. TALPLLVE. 

 1. TUPAIA. 



1. Ttjpaia Javanica. Hylogalea Javanica, Horsf. Java; Mutter, Verh. 161. 165. t. 26. f. 27. 

 Cerp, F. Oimier, Mamm. Lith. 



Hab. Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. B. M. 



2. Tavaia ferruginea, Baffles, Linn. Trans, xiii. 256; Cantor, Mamm. Malay. 18; Horsf. Java. 

 Hylogalea ferruginea, Temm. Cladobates ferruginea, F. Cuvier. Glisorex ferruginea, Desm. ; Mutter, Verh. 

 160.163. t. 26. 27. Herpestes n. sp. M'Clelland, Calcutta Joum. Nat. Hist. ii. 458. 1. 13^. Sorex 

 Glis, Diard. As. Research, xiv. t. 9. 



Hab. Java, Sumatra, Borneo ; Temm. Malayan peninsula, Penang, Singapore ; called tupai tana ; 

 Cantor. B. M. 



3. Tupaia Tana, Raffles, Linn. Trans, xiii. 257 ; Horsf. Zool. Java. Hylogalea Tana, Mutter, Verh. 



160. 161. t. 26. 27. Cladobates speciosus, Wagner, Sought. Supp. 43. 



Hab. Sumatra, Borneo. B. M. 



2. DENDROGALE. 



1. Dendrogale murina, Gray, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1848, 23. Hylogalea murina, Mutter, Verh. p. 50. 



161. 167. t. 26. 27. 



Hab. Borneo. 



3. PTILOCERCUS. 



Head moderately large, tapering ; whiskers elongated, rather rigid. Ears moderate, 

 naked, exposed. Body slender, fur soft. Limbs moderately elongated, nearly equal. Toes 

 5.5. rather compressed, free. Thumb moderate, like the toes but shorter. Claws short, 

 compressed, triangular, acute. Tail elongate, cylindrical, hairy quite at the base, then naked, 

 covered with rings of square, broad, depressed scales, and short scattered hairs, and the 

 hinder third with a series of elongate hairs, forming a barb on each side. Skull conical ; 



