1840.] Museum of the Asiatic Society. 517 



A Skull. 

 The common long tailed, black-faced, black-handed Monkey of Ben- 

 gal, Behar, and Orissa. 



No. 20. Okd. Carnassiers. — Fam. Carnivora. — Tribe. Plantigrades. 

 Gen. Ursus. 

 Sp. U. labiatus (?) The long lipped Bear (?) 



A Skull. 



No. 21.1 Ord. Marsupiata — Gen. Kangurus. 



22. J Sp. K ? The Kangaroo. 



A Skull. 

 I am uncertain as to the species, and prefer to leave a blank, (which 

 may be filled up hereafter) to the chance of a wrong designation. A 

 cranium of a Kangaroo is stated in the 12th vol. Researches As. Soc. 

 to have been presented by Dr. Wallich, probably one of the above. 



No. 23. Ord. Pachydermata. — Gen. Tapirus. 



Sp. T. Malayanus. The Malacca or Indian Tapir. 

 A Skull. 



Major Farquharsent this specimen to the Secretary in 1816, and his 

 paper upon the Malacca Tapir appeared in the 13th volume of the 

 Researches, 1820. Sir S. T. Raffles has since discovered the same 

 animal in the forests of Sumatra; and Sir E. Home has given a short 

 notice upon the comparative anatomy of the Tapir of Sumatra, which 

 was read before the Royal Society on the 22d March, 1821, and pub- 

 lished in the cxi. vol. of the Philosophical Transactions. 



These dates are given, because a discussion has been carried on 

 between some English and French naturalists, as to the discovery of the 

 Malacca Tapir. The latter stating that it was discovered by Mr. 

 Diard, and the former by the donor of this specimen. 



The present specimen has an additional interest, from its being the 

 first that brought the Malayan Tapir to the notice of the naturalist. 



No. 24. Ord. Cetacea. — Fam. Sirenia. — Gen. Halicore. 

 Sp. H. Indica. The Dugong. 



A Skull and part of the Vertebra. 

 This specimen was either presented by Major Farquharson, or Dr. 

 Tytler ; I am uncertain which. In the paper in the Philosophical Trans- 



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