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Lutra perspicillata, Is. Geoff. 



Mustek Lutra, Marsden. 



Aonyx Horsfieldii, Gray. 



Lutra Barang, apud Schinz ? 



" Anjing Ayer" of the Malays of the Peninsula. 

 Hab. — Malayan Peninsula. 



Java, Sumatra, Singapore, Nipal. 

 This, as well as the two preceding species, inhabits numerously the 

 banks of the Malayan rivers, and all are at times used by the Malays 

 in river fishing. 



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Gen. — Canis, Linne". 



Cuon, Hodgson. 



Cuon priiulevus, Hodgson. 



Syn. — Canis primsevus, Hodgson.* 



Chrysseus primsevus, Hamilton Smith. 



Chrysseus soccatus, Cantor. 



" Anjing utan" of the Malays of the Peninsula. 

 Hab. — Malayan Peninsula. 



Bengal, Nipal. 

 Some slight differences occur in the Malayan individuals. The infe- 

 rior surface, the inside of the ears and limbs, the lips and throat, are of 

 the same colour as the back, but much paler, A black carpal spot, 

 like that of the wolf, is very distinct in the male, less so in the female. 

 The young animal of either sex has a faint white spot with a few black- 

 ish bristles, situated nearly midway between the angle of the mouth and 

 the ears. Of the wavy wool of the Buansu, the Malayan wild dog, 

 inhabiting a tropical climate, has but a little on the inner side of, and 

 immediately behind the ear ; the posterior part of the abdomen is almost 

 naked. The short bristles of the lips, cheeks, throat, and above the 

 eyes, are all black. In habits, so fully described by Mr. Hodgson, and 

 in size, the Malayan agrees with the Nipalese. In a young male, from 



* Mr. Ogilby considers Canis Dukhunensis ; Sykes, and Canis primesvus, Hodgson, 

 to be identical, and apparently not different from C, sumatrensis, Hardwicke, (Mem. 

 on the Mammalogy of the Himalayahs, apud Royle.) Colonel Sykes, on the contrary, 

 describes C. Dukhunensis as being "essentially distinct from Canis Quao, or Suma- 

 trensis, Hardwicke." 



