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discovered after having been mauled by a tiger and was 

 described as being entirely of a rich reddish chestnut colour 

 with no white rump patch and with blackish stockings and 

 muzzle. 



The second record is an observation record of an old 

 bull, 18 hands high (!), called by the Malays "Sapio" and 

 described by the late Mr. W. Davison as being black ; with 

 belly, inner sides of legs, and stockings chestnut. Forehead 

 rusty grey and inner side of ears strongly tinged with chestnut. 

 (A young bull with this appearance was shot in Jelebu by 

 Dr. E. A. Travers). Juveniles are said to be entirely chestnut 

 and cows to have the chestnut areas darker and richer than 

 bulls. 



Finally there is the description of a cow " Sapi " killed at 

 Bukit Kepong on the Muar River in 1850 and described (Oxley, 

 Jour. Ind. Arch. Vol. IV p. 354) as being much like the Bali 

 Island race of Bos sondaicus but without the white patch on 

 the buttocks ; the horns small, curved inwards, white tipped 

 with black ; forehead flat with a tuft of long hair particularly 

 in the bulls ; the back curved, the highest point being at about 

 the centre; total height 6 ft. 2 inches; the hair of a brown 

 colour except on the feet which were dirty white ; a mane about 

 2 inches long the whole length of the spine and no dewlap. 

 Misled by the application of the name '" Sapi" to it, this ani- 

 mal has hitherto been regarded as a specimen of the Banteng 

 and so added to the uncertainty that already exists with regard 

 to the appearance of the Peninsular form ; it was however 

 undoubtedly a Sladang. The absence of white on the rump ; 

 the parti-coloured horns, with pale bases and black inward- 

 curving tips; the notable high withers and absence of dewlap 

 are all differentiating features which are possessed by Bos 

 gaums but do not appear in the Banteng. The height given 

 is doubtless a printer's error and should probably read 5 ft. 2 

 inches. 



While the above descriptions indicate the presence of some 

 form of red-legged bovine in the Peninsula there is as yet no 

 certain evidence that they apply to any form of Bos sondaicus. 



R. A. Soc, No. 53, 1909 



