THE CAMBING OOTAN. 
N amorUmdus Sumatrensis, Smith. 
PLATE II. 
Cambing Ootan, Marsden. — Cambtan, Fred, Cuv, Hist, 
Nat. des Mammiferes, 
Specimens of this animal are yet uncommon, and 
^Iniost all its later describers have been indebted to 
imperfect materials. Mr Marsden was the first 
'^dividual who noticed it, and for a long period re- 
^ained almost the sole authority for the descriptions. 
In 1821, Frederic Cuvier received drawings from 
IM. Diard and Duvancel, but without a detailed 
^®®ci >ption. Those were published in his Histoire 
aturelle des Mammiferes, which we have now made 
*ise of. 
It is an animal standing from between 2 feet 2 inches 
2 feet 6 high. The hair on the head and body is 
antirely of a deep greyish-black, and is long. The 
and above the shoulders is covered with neai'- 
y white hair, also long, forming a sort of mane, 
^"I a strong contrast with the dark colours of the 
The suborbital sinus is very large, and se- 
t^tetes a yellowish liquid. The Cambing Ootan in- 
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