62 NILS GVXDENSTOLPE, THE SWEDISH ZOOLOGICAL EXPEDITIONS TO SIAM. 



The curious appearance and colouration of the tapir is declared by the natives in 

 the following way. 



When the Creator had made all the other animals He found that He had some ma- 

 terial still left. He put all these parts together and mixed them and in such a way the 

 Samset was made. 



Sus sp. 



In the Northern parts of the country pigs were nowhere very common though ge- 

 nerally distributed. Among the Koon Tan mountains I several times observed the fresh 

 tracks of wild pigs in the narrow valleys among the mountains. These valleys are ge- 

 nerally clothed with a very dense vegetation of evergreen trees, through which the bur- 

 ning rays of the sun seldom penetrates. Such valleys were favourite resorts for the pigs. 

 I myself never saw one but my Dyak collector once came across 6 pigs though he un- 

 fortunately missed them with the shot gun. 



In the Siamese Malaya wild pigs were far niore abundant though very shy and 

 difficult to stalk among the thick vegetation. I once had a chance to get a shot at a 

 large boar coming down to a waterplace but I only wounded it and it coulcl not be found 

 though I followed its track for some distance. 



Which species inhabits Siam is still open to question as no specimens have reached 

 European Museums from that part of the world, but it is probably a member of the Sus 

 cristatus-Group. 



The typical Sus cristatus is said to inhabit the Eastern Himalayas, Burma, Tenasse- 

 rim and the Northern parts of the Malay Peninsula. From Träng in Peninsular Siam 

 Miller has described a form which he calls Sus cristatus jubatus (vide: Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. vol. 30. 1906 p. 745). 



Tragulus kanchil affinis. Gray. 



Plate V. Fig. 1 & 4. 



^ Hat Sanuk, near the boundary betweeu Siam and Tenasserim, "/a 1915. — Nose to vent =-= 495 mm.: 

 tail = 70 mm.; bindfoot with hoofs = 122 mm. — ^ Hat Sanuk 24 /s 1915. — Nose to vent — 440 mm.: 

 tail = 61 mm.; hindfoot with hoofs = 118 mm. 



The specimens obtained are all very uniform as to their general colouration and 

 they agree well with the description of Tragulus kanchil affinis as given by Gray in the 

 Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London 1861 p. 138. Gray's species was founded 

 on specimens from Cambodia, which therefore must be considered as the type locality 

 of that race. 



In the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington vol. XV. 1902 p. 173 

 Mr. Gerrit Miller has described another member of the ka?whil-Gvoup under the name 

 of Tragulus ravus, based on specimens collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott in Träng, Penin- 

 sular Siam. 



