TAPIRUS MALAY ANUS. 
" smallest, is the same as in the upper jaw," (From the third in the upper, and the 
second in the lower jaw, the molars have individually two elevated transverse 
ridges, which are received into the corresponding grooves of the opposite sides; 
but the first and second in the upper, and the first in the lower jaw, have a longitu- 
dinal ridge, which, when the mouth is shut, passes the ridge on the opposite tooth 
obliquely.) ** The general colour is glossy black, with the exception of the back, 
" rump, and sides of the belly, which are white, and separated by a defined line 
** from those parts that are black." 
The preceding description is extracted from a Descriptive Catalogue of a 
Zoological Collection, made in the Island of Sumatra, by Sir Thomas Stamford 
Raffles, Lieut-Governor of Fort Marlborough, and contained in the Thirteenth 
Volume of the Transactions of the Linnean Society, published in May, 1821. 
This contains the substance of the original description by Major Farquhar, and com- 
municated by him to the Asiatic Society in 1816. The following account of a very 
young Tapir which Major Farquhar had alive in his house, forms part of a subse- 
quent communication to the Asiatic Society. " It appears that until the age of four 
" months it is black, and beautifully marked with spots and stripes of a fawn colour 
*' above, and white below. After that period it began to change colour, the spots 
" disappeared, and, at the age of six months, it had become of the usual colour of 
M the adult." Major Farquhar says that he found this animal of a very mild and 
gentle disposition ;, that it became as tame and familiar as a dog ; fed indiscrimi- 
nately on all kinds of vegetables, and was very fond of attending at table, to receive 
bread, cakes, or the like. " The living specimen," Sir Stamford Raffles adds, " sent from 
" Bencoolen to Bengal, was young, and became very tractable. It was allowed to roam 
*' occasionally in the Park at Barrackpore, and the man who had charge of it, informed 
« me, that it frequently entered the ponds, and appeared to walk along the bottom 
" under water, and not to make any attempt to swim. The flesh is eaten by the 
" natives of Sumatra. It is known by different names in different parts of the country. 
w By the people of Limun it is called Saladang; by those of the interior of Manna, 
«' Gindol; in the interior of Bencoolen, Babi Alu ; and at Malacca, Tennu" 
The following are the exact dimensions of two Malay Tapirs ; one a male, de- 
scribed by Major Farquhar ; the other a female, killed at Bencoolen. 
MALE. 
Extreme length from the nose to the tail, measured Teet * lncbes * 
along the hack 6 10^ 
Circumference of the body 6 0 
Height of the shoulder ... 3 2 
Ditto of the haunch $ 4 
female. 
Feet Inches. 
8 1 
6 3 
8 5 
3 9 
