THE BEARDED PIG IN THLE MALAY PENINSULA. 203 
The above statement supports the suggestion that this animal 
was the last survivor of some herd that had gained access to the 
Malay Peninsula and which had not been able to maintain itself 
under exotic conditions. Possibly even, it was the actual boar to 
which Dr. Leicester refers. 
The description together with an excellent sketch with mea- 
surements, at once suggested the interesting possibility of this pig 
being Sus barbatus which was originally described from Borneo 
and later discovered in Sumatra and the Rhio Archipelago, and 
described by Miller under the name Sus ov. * 
A comparison of the skulls with a topo-type of Sus oi from the 
Indragiri River, 8. EH. Sumatra, and with specimens from Tanjong 
Batu, Great Durian Island and Bintang Island, Rhio Archipelago, 
shows that they cannot be separated with certainty from this 
form, nor on the other hand can they be distinguished from a 
considerable series of the true Sus barbatus from various parts of 
Sarawak, Borneo. 
The question then arises, is this pig indigenous in the 
Malay Peninsula, or is this particular record the result of some 
fortuitous visit by an adventurous pair—perhaps from Pulo 
Batam, 10 miles south of the southern extremity of Johore—who 
established themselves for a brief period in Pahang? Native 
stories of a giant white pig in Johore undoubtedly refer to this 
species. On the whole we are inclined to think that it is not 
indigenous in the Malay Peninsula. Its rarity here—we know of 
no other examples having beeen killed or seen authentically— 
seems to point to the fact of it being only an occasional visitor. 
If it were a Peninsula species in the strict sense, the geographical 
distribution would be difficult to explain. On the other hand 
one should not lose sight of the fact that under favourable cir- 
cumstances sufficient individuals might reasonably come in from 
the Malayan Islands near the mainland and establish themselves 
for a noticeable period. 
Mr. Boden Kloss? has recently dealt with the Malaysian 
Bearded Pig. He points out the difficulty of distinguisling Sus 
barbatus of Borneo and Sus oi of Sumatra and Rhio on the dental 
characters given by Miller.* We agree that they are too variable 
to be of any use. Kloss however would separate Sus ot on the 
longer muzzle (“and perhaps a little broader”); the longer 
mandibular symphysis; the deeper mandible and the slightly more 
concave profile of the face. These statements broadly speaking 
agree with certain notes made by one of us in the early part of 
1918 but hitherto unpublished on the topo-type of Sus o7 in the 
Raffles Museum, which were as follows :— 
Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, xii, p. 51 (1902). 
Kloss, Journ. Straits Branch, Roy. Asiat. Soc. No. 83, pp. 147, 150, 
(1921). 
3. Miller, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. pp. 737-758 pls. XX XIX-LXIII (1906). 
R. A. Soc., No. 85, 1922. 
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