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has been mistaken for it.* Of the genus Hylohafes Rve the Siamang, 

 Simia Syndactyla of Rafflf^s ; the black Unka, >'Sinr'a Lar of V'gors; 

 the white Utika, Hylohafes a<> l lis of F. Cuvier; the Chimpanse or -S'emm 

 Troglodytes of Linnceus. Ofihegentis Semnopithecus, are the Ching- 

 kon, Simla cristala of Raffles; the Lotong, Ssmnopithecus Maurus 

 of F. Cuvier, the Kra, or Simia Fascicularis ; and of the genus 

 Alacacus the Broh, or Siniia Carpolegus. Of the genus Loris are two 

 species, the liukang or Lemur tardigradas, and the Nyclicebus Java- 

 nicRS, the latter of vvhicb however I have not seen. The former of these 

 animals is termed by the Malays Kamdlasan from its supposed bashful- 

 ness in hiding its face, or rather screening its eyes from light, its habits 

 being nocturnal. 



Cheiroptera. — Amonff the Cheiropteroiis or bat family are tlie 

 Vampire bat, the resperdlio Vampyr^is, tlie kulowang of the Malays, 

 The Pteropus ediilis, or eatable bat, is said to be found in the islands. 



Plant[GR/VDA.— Of the Plantigrada tribe are the Malayan bear, 

 Ursus Malayanus, called Bruang by Malays: discovered by Sir 

 Stamford Raffles in Sumatra, and first described by him in a p-iner 

 read before the Linnasan Society in 1820. A specimen was sent by 

 him to the museum at the India House. Tlie hams of this animal are 

 held in great estimation by the Chinese. There is another species 

 existing in the interior of Malacca, called the Bruang auging, or bear 

 dog, by the Malays. 



PiGiTiGRADA. — Of the Dig'iligrada there are the Lutra Leplonyx, 

 or" dog of the water," Auging Ayer o'C oiiev of the M.ilays, and 

 several of the genus Viverra, viz. tlie Musang, the Musang Jebbat or 

 civet cat, and the Musang Akkar or climbing Musang. Of the genus 

 J'''ef<>, we have the royal tiger, the tiger cat, the spotted black tiger, 

 Rimon Arang of the Malays, a singularly untameable beast; the 

 Bimon Dahan or Felis Macroscelis of Horsfield, that lives among the 

 boughs of trees: and the Java cat, Felis Javanensis. Besides these 

 are the Rimon Kumbang and Salat, said to be species of leopard by 

 Marsden, the Rimon Bolu or Feiis Sumatrana, and the Rimon Jumpak 

 and Akkar. There is said to be a sort of wild dog in Naning, called 

 by Malays, Anjing-utan, or dog of the woods. 



* Cuvier, and his English commentators, express an opinion that the Pong-o is the 

 adult Orang Utan— G, St. Hilaire thought differently— Mr. Swainson (A''at. Hist, and Clas. 

 of Quadrupeds) has succeeded, it appears to us, in establishing it as a distinct species of 

 simia, reserving for it exclusively Geoffroy's appellation Pithecus. Mr. Swainson thus 

 characterises it: — "Facial angle—? Cheek pouches and tail none ; arms long; muz- 

 zle lengthened, similar to the baboons ; canine teeth very large. Habitat, India (Indian 

 Islands?) Species 1. *'—Ex)Itob. 



