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Of Stiuirrels, Malay name * tupai,' there in a great 
variety in this region. The most common one is the * Malayan 
Squirrel ' (Scimiis not at us). It is greyish brown above, rusty 
red below and has white and black stripes at its sides. Abun- 
dant tot) is a smaller form, the Slender Scjuirrel {Sciurus tetmis) 
which is greyish brown above and white below. It is very 
destructive. A handsome species is Raffles' Squirrel {Sciurus 
preimtii) which is black above, chestnut below and white at the 
sides. But the most beautiful species in the Museum is a large 
squirrel from Sarawak, Reit/irasciunis macrotis, which is chest* 
nut brown, with black and white stripes at its sides, long tufts on 
its ears and a huge bushy tail, (see pi. IV, Hg 2).— Of Flying 
Squirrels two species are exhibited, Pteromys mtidus> chestnut 
in colour, and Pteromys m-ai The latter species is very variable 
in colour. The specimen shown is nearly bla.'^k. 
ELEPHANTS (Proiwschiea). 
The sportsman will probably be most interested in this 
group and the next one, the Ungulata, which together form 
the large game of Malaya. Unfortunately the giant of the 
large game, the Indian Elephant or Gajah ( Eiephus indie m }, 
can hardly be said to be represented in the Museum. There 
are only two diminutive stuffed specimens in the collection, and 
only the skul! of a full-grown female. The Indian Elephant 
differs from its African brother by its flatter forehead, its 
considerably smaller ears, and by the plates of the molar teeth 
being elongated, and not lozenge-shaped as in the African- II 
inhabits India. Ceylon, Assam, Burma, Siam, Cochin-Chin a, 
the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and North Borneo, but ts absent 
from Java. On the Malay Peninsula the elephant occurs in all 
States, but is more numerous in Johore, Pahang and Negri 
Sembilan, than in Perak and Selangor, 
HOOFED ANIMALS (Ungulatal 
The Malayan Ungulates or Hoofed Mammals are 
classified into Rhinocero lidai\ Tnpindae, Boindae (O.xen ). Cvrvidae 
(Deer)t Tragididae (Mousedeer) and Suidae iPigs), 
There are two species of Rhinoceros in the Malay region. 
The Javan Rhinoceros or Badak gajah {Rhinoceros soHdaicus) is 
the larger of the two. It ix>ssesses one horn only which in the 
female may even be absent altogether, and has two small incisors 
between the tusks nf the lower jaw. It ranges from Eastern 
