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EDENTATA. 



Gen. — Manis, Linne. 

 Manis javanica, Desmarest. 



Syn. — Manis pentadactyla, Lin., apud Raffles. 



Manis aspera, Sundeval. 



M. quinquedactyla, Raffles, apud Gray : List, 



" Pengoling" or " Tangiling" of the Malays of the Peninsula. 

 Hab. — Pinang, Malayan Peninsula. 



Java, Sumatra, Borneo. 

 The series of dorsal scales vary in individuals from 16 to 19. The 

 number of central dorsal vary from 20 to 22 ; the central and the mar- 

 ginal caudal from 26 to 29 : in the young all the scales are finely linea- 

 ted and the rounded apex only is smooth. With age the lines become 

 obliterated on the exposed surface of the scales, between which appear a 

 few long whitish bristles. The very young animal corresponds to the 

 description of Manis aspera, Sundeval. The eyelids, the margins of 

 the ears, and the scaleless parts, except the palms and soles, are scantily 

 provided with short whitish hairs. The two pectoral mammae are 

 situated at a short distance from the axilla. Its habits present nothing 

 different from those of Manis crassicaudata (M. pentadactyla, Linne), 

 of which an interesting account is communicated by Lieut. R. S. Tickell 

 in Journal Asiatic Society, Vol. XI. 1842. p. 221. 



The present species, although numerous in rocky situations, is not 

 often captured, as it is seldom abroad till after sunset. The largest male 

 measured from the apex of the nose to the root of the tail one foot nine 

 and a half inches ; the tail one foot eight inches. In a younger male, 

 the entire length of which was one foot eleven inches ; the intestinal 

 canal was of the following dimensions : 



Small Intestines, . . . . . . 8 feet 4 inches. 



Large ditto, . . . . . . „ 6 ,, 



Caecum is rudimentary, indicated by a slight, yet distinct widening of 

 the intestines. The stomach is capacious, the pyloric region thickened 

 and gizzard-like. On the external surface, where the greater curvature 

 begins to ascend, is situated a small (one inch in length, one and three- 

 eighth in breadth) triangular, externally gyrated, glandular body, firmly 

 attached to the stomach, but not communicating with the cavity. Its 



