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Show 574 MJi. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [Apr. ^ 150. CERVUS PORCINUS Zimni. The Para, or Hog-deer. Cervus porcinus, Blanf. Faun. lud.. Mamm. p. 549, fig. 179 (p. 550). The Siamese Museum contains two stuffed males, obtained in Siam, but the exact locality I was not able to discover. Distribution. Parts of India, Ceylon, Burma, Siam, and Laos 8lat.es of Cambodia (E. Ward, 'Records Big Game,' 1899, p. 71). Family TRAGULIDJE. 151. TRAGULUS JAVANICUS (GmeL). The Smaller Malay Mouse-de. r. Tragulus kanchil, Cantor, p. 60; O. Thomas, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 17. Tragulus javanicus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 556. " Kra-chong " of the Siamese. "Kanchil" or " Pehindok" (pronounced "Plando"') of the Malays. Cantor says this " species is astonishingly numerous" and occurs in the Malay Peninsula, Penang, Singapore, and the Lancary Islands; he adds " In Prince of Wales'Island (i.e. Penang) any number may be procured within short notice, at the rate of one Spanish dollar per dozen." Oldfield Thomas (I. s. c.) records specimens from Salanga, Junkceylon, from Taroar, from Klang, Selangor, and from Singapore Island. Ridley (J. S. B. R. A. S. no. 25, 1894, p. 60) record's this species from Pahang. There are specimens from Larut in the Museum at Taiping, and from Selangor in the Museum at Kuala Lumpor. Hanitsch records it from Changi, Singapore (Rep. Eaffles Libr. & Mus. 1898. p. 9). This species occurs iu Siam ; there is a specimen from the Dono- Phya Fai in the Siamese Museum; and A. Milne-Ed wards ('Recherches Famille Chevrotains,' Paris, 1864, p. 78) says "en 1862, M. Bocourt en a rapporte au Museum un individu du royaume de Siam, et le Musee britannique en possede un exemplaire provenant du Camboge." Distribution. Tenasserim, Siam, Cambodia, Cochinchina, Malay Peninsula (Junkceylon, Lancary, Penang, Perak, Selangor, Pahang, Singapore), Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 152. TRAGULUS NAPU (F. Cuv.). The Larger Malay Mouse-deer. Tragulus javanicus, Cantor, p. 61. 'Tragulus napu, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 557. " Napu " of the Malays. Cantor records this species from the Malay Peninsula, where he says it " appears to be far less numerous than the preceding." |