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Show lOUO.j MAMMALS OI 1S1AM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA. 33l Kuala Lumpor, and is said to be common in Selangor. In the Raffles Museum is a specimen from Malacca. Mr. Ridley has kept for some years a very fine male Binturong alive, chained to a tree in his garden at Singapore : it is not of a gentle disposition; but a full-grown female belonging to Mr. A. D. B. Dennys, of Penang, is perfectly tame and delights in being petted. Distribution. Assam, Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Banka, Java, Borneo. 37. CYNOGALE BENNETTI Gray. The Otter-Civet. Cantor (p. 33) says: " This animal appears to be of rare occurrence on the Malayan Peninsula, and the natives are consequently not acquainted with it." In the Raffles Museum there is a stuffed animal, supposed to be of this species, labelled " Malacca: 1889." Distribution. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 38. HERPESTES AUROPUNCTATUS (Hodgs.). The Small Indian Mongoose. Herpestes auropunctatus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 121. Cantor (p. 34) obtained a single specimen in the Malay Peninsula, which Blanford says was " possibly introduced." Distribution. South Persia, Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Northern India, Lower Bengal, Assam, Chittagong, Upper Burma, and (possibly) Malay Peninsula. 39. HERPESTES MCNGO (GmeL). The Common Indian Mongoose. Herpestes griseus, Cantor, p. 34. Herpestes mungo, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 123. " Bambun " of the Malays (according to L. Wray). Cantor (p. 34) obtained a single specimen in the Malay Peninsula, which Blanford says " may very probably have been imported." In the Museum at Taiping there are two specimens unlabelled. In the Museum at Kuala Lumpor there is one caught 4 miles from that place. Once in 1895 I saw a wild Mongoose near "Alma" Estate in Province AVellesley which appeared to be of this species; but I have been told that at one time mongooses were imported from India by the planters and turned loose in the Province, but when, and how many, and on which estates I do not know. Distribution. Afghanistan, India, Ceylon, Malay Peninsula; introduced in Jamaica and other West Indian islands. 40. HERPESTES URVA (Hodgs.). The Crab-eating Mongoose. Herpestes urva, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 129. " Hen-paaraa " of the Siamese. |