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ides, Vm,\ The Musk cavy. Body above tair- 

 ny. beneath white— Tail long, s^culy, truncate— 

 Bine inches long— tail four inches. The cavy 

 grunts something like a hog, and. from the loose- 

 ness and toughness of its iikm, and ihc length of 

 its foreteeth, which are cuneiform, makes a vigo- 

 rous resistance when attacked by even three or 

 four dogs— These teelh are about an inch long, 

 and fully as much is imbedded in tlie jaw When 

 removed from the socket, the shape of the tooth 

 is about a third of a circle. They are harmless 

 and inoffensive, Uviug prmci pally upon the bam- 

 boo» which they cut down with great rapidity, and 

 are known to\he Malays by a name signifying 



Bamboo Rat. 



Mams crasskaudaia, Geoff. (Synonime?, M. 

 imcroura, Desra— M. tmiiadacUjh, Lm.)— ^l*"'^*^ 

 tailed manls— This animal is about two feet long, 

 and has the body covered w.ith imbricate trian- 

 gular scales ; those on the back form eleven long- 

 itudinal and parallel rows. The tail shorter than 

 the body— The manis erects its scales when ir- 

 ritated, and defends itself, when attacked, by rol- 

 ling up Its body into the form of a ball, present- 

 ing a defence on every side by means of its points 

 ed scales. 



The Manls Javankus of Desmarest differs prm- 

 cipally from the foregoing in being only two thirds 

 of the size, and having ^eventem rows of longitu- 

 dinal scales on the back. 



Eiephas Indtms (Synonime, Elcphas viaximus, 

 Lin)— The Asiatic elephant. This aniuval iuha- 

 bits the forests of the Malayan Peninsula in con- 

 siderable numbers. 



