36 PRIMATES, CARNIVORES AND UNGULATES 



46.* BHINOCEROS SONDAICUS, Cuv. The Smaller One-horned 

 Rhinoceros. Blanford p. 474. 



Skin practically naked, mosaic-like, folded ; blackish-grey 

 throughout. A single horn. Height at shoulder 5i feet. 



The Peninsula. 



47. BHINOCEKOS SUMATRENSIS, Cuv. The Two-horned 



Rhinoceros. Blanford p. 477. 



Skin thinly clad with long hairs, granular, slightly folded, 

 brownish. Two horns, the foremost largest. Height at 

 shoulder 4 feet. 



Throughout the Peninsula. 



Family TAPIBIDiE. 



(Tapirs). 



Genus Tapirus. 



The Tapirs are stoutly-built harmless animals with the 

 nose and upper lip produced into short non-flexible snout. 

 There are four toes on each fore-foot, three on each hind foot. 

 They are inhabitants of swampy forest and are a notable in- 

 stance of discontinuous distribution, one species being Malayan 

 and the other four occurring in Central and South America. 



48. TAPIRUS indicus, Cuv. The Malay Tapir. 



Blanford p. 478. 



Malay name " Tenoh " or " Badak himpit." 



Adults blackish ; with rump, upper thighs and tips of ears 

 whitish. The young are striped with black, or brown, and 

 w T hite for the first half year of life. Height at shoulder about 

 40 inches. 



Throughout the Peninsula. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



