THE MALAY TAPIR. 
Tapirus Malayanus — Raffles. 
PLATE XXX. 
Tapirus Malayanus, Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xiii. 
p. 2 Horsfield’s Zool. Researches in Java — Le 
Maiba, Fred. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. des Mammif. 
The first specimens of this animal wereprocured 
and forwarded by Major Farquhar, while we 
are indebted to Sir Stamford Raffles for the first 
descriptions, and through his assistance to Sir E. 
Home, for some notes upon its anatomy. It is 
very remarkable for the decided contrast of the 
colours of the body, but in other respects resem- 
bles the form of the American animals, being 
destitute, however, of any mane. The colours 
are very deep purplish brown, and white, as dis- 
tributed on the figure of our plate ; the skin thick, 
but thinly covered with hair ; the ears bordered 
with white. The young, according to Major 
Farquhar, “ until the age of four months, is black, 
