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Show 1900.] MAMMALS OF SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA. 335 by W. L. Sclater (Cat. Mamm. Indian Mus. ii. 1891, p. 296), from the Tahan River in Pahang by Ridley (J. S. B. R. A. S. 1894, no. 25, p. 58), from Batu Pahat in Johore by Kelsall (J. S. B. R. A. S. 1894, no. 26, p. 16), from Singapore by Ridley (Nat. Scieuce, vol. vi. 1895, p. 94) and by Hanitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1898, p. 9), and there is a specimen caught in Selangor in the Museum at Kuala Lumpor. Distribution. South-eastern Asia. In the Museum at Taiping I saw five stuffed Otters from Perak, but unfortunately had not time to examine them. Otters were not uncommon on the Bangpakong River in March 1897, but I do not know of what species; the only descriptive note in my diary is " Pachim, 10.3.97.-Toung otter ; well developed claws ; colour of back and sides rich brown, of chin and throat lemon-yellow." In Jan. 1898 I saw the skin of a large Otter in the bazaar at Chantaboon. Family URSID^E. 51. URSUS MALAYANUS Raffl. The Malay Sun- or Honey-Bear. Helarctos malayanus, Cantor, p. 21. Ursus malayanus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 199. " Bruang " of the Malays. " Mee '' or " M i " of the Siamese. Ridley (J. S. B. R. A. S. no. 25, 1894, p. 58) records the Malayan Honey-Bear from the neighbourhood of the Tahan River in Pahang, aud (Nat. Science, vol. vi. 1895, p. 93) says " it is tolerably common in the Peninsula, but is absent from Singapore. Formerly rewards were offered for its destruction, but it appears to be quite harmless to man unless wounded, when it becomes dangerous. It is, however, a troublesome enemy to fruit-growers near the jungles in which it lives." In the Museum at Taiping there are specimens from Larut, Perak. In the Museum at Kuala Lumpor there are specimens from Selangor, where it is said to be not uncommon. In the Raffles Museum there is a specimen from Malacca. In 1897 Mr. F. H. Malcolm Staples told me these bears are sometimes seen near Batu Pahat, Johore. In the Museum at Bangkok there are two stuffed specimens, said to be from Siam ; both were brought to the Museum in the flesh, so they probably died in captivity in Bangkok. Distribution. Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula (Perak, Selangor, Malacca, Pahang, Johore), Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 52. MELURSUS URSINUS (Shaw). The Sloth-Bear. 31elursus ursinus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 201. If the Sloth-Bear be really found in Siam its range extends much farther east than is generally imagined. Several men told me there was a large black bear in the country, and the accounts of its unprovoked attacks on natives walking on jungle-paths accord with accounts of the habits of this species in Southern |