CARNIVORA. 
THE TUPAIA. 
For the generic peculiarities, which distinguish 
the following animals, we refer to the specific de- 
scriptions. 
THE BANGSRING, OR SINSRING OF THE JAVANESE. 
Tupaia Javanica, Raffles. 
Sir Stamford Raffles first shortly described both 
this and the following animal, in the thirteenth 
volume of the Transactions of the Linnasan Society ; 
but Dr. Horsfield has lately given a more detailed 
description ' of them, accompanied with excellent 
engravings, in his work now publishing on the 
animals of Java and the neighbouring islands. 
It has been already observed, that the insectivora 
approach, in the form and disposition of their teeth, 
to the genus glires^. The present genus approaches 
the squirrels, which are included in the glires, in 
the form of the body, the proportional length of the 
extremities, the breadth of the tail, and the faculty 
* Except the genera tarirec and talpa. 
