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and I dare not decide this difficult question, on account of 
the great changes which these animals undergo from age, 
especially in the form of the cranium ; it is, however, 
proper to state, that the Tupajas of Java never arrive at 
so great a size as those of Sumatra and Borneo. The 
Common Boar of India, Sus vittatus, has been brought 
by navigators from Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and from 
Timor ; but the differences which exist among individuals 
from those different places are so triffing, that it is not 
worth the pains to distinguish them. The Stag of the 
Moluccas is of a size considerably inferior to that of 
Java, Cervus russa, although it evidently belongs to the 
same species. The Small Cat of India, Felis minuta, 
Javanica, or Sumatrensis, presents in its tints discrepan- 
cies, more or less marked, according as. the species in- 
habits Java, Sumatra, Malacca, Siam, or Bengal ; and 
we observe, besides, a great number of accidental varie- 
ties. The Pigmy Indian Musk, Moschus javanicus, be- 
comes a little larger, and presents darker tints in Suma» 
tra, Moschus napu. It is also found in the Isle of 
Bangka, Penang, and the Peninsula of Malacca ; the in- 
dividuals from Borneo attain a larger size, and those of 
Siam shew a different disposition of colours, although the 
physiognomy of that race is quite the same as that of 
Java. The Dwarf Squirrel, Sciurus melanotis (which, by 
its extremely small size, is to the other squirrels what 
the Falco coeruleus is to the rest of the Falcons) inhabits 
Java, Sumatra, and Borneo, and presents, in these differ- 
ent countries, local varieties, more or less constant. One 
of the squirrels most common in India is the Sciurus 
nigrovittatus, which, during certain seasons of the year, 
losing the greyish-black colour of its belly, then forms 
the nominal species introduced into systems under the 
names of Sciurus plantani, S. ginginianus, and S. biline- 
atus : this squirrel lives in Java, Sumatra, Malacca, 
China, &c. ; it presents, in these different parts of the 
world, many varieties, but their characteristics are so 
minute, that I should not dare to describe them, without 
having examined a great number of individuals of each 
variety. Lastly, I shall only mention the differences, often 
