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Show 368 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [Apr. 3, low, open country, apparently losing its way. It is a quiet, inoffensive beast." Distribution. Sundarbans, parts of Eastern Bengal, Sikhim Terai, Assam, Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 140. RHINOCEROS SUMATRENSIS CUV. The Asiatic Two-horned Rhinoceros. Rhinoceros sumatrensis, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 476. The " Bada Api" or " Fire Rhinoceros " of the Malays is probably a red variety of this species. Sclater (Tr. Z. S. is. p. 651, 1875) mentions a rhinoceros of this species " captured in the Sunghi-njong (presumably Sungei-Ujong) district of Malacca," and says other specimens " from the same district or the neighbouring territory of Johore were imported into Europe." W . L. Sclater (Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. ii. 1891, p. 205) records specimens from Malacca. Mr. A. L. Butler in a letter to me, from Kuala Lumpor, dated 25th Oct., 1898, says :-" I went to see a big rhinoceros in a pitfall the other day at Rantan Panjang. A fine big female R. sumatrensis, a dark reddish-brown beast, 4 feet 3 inches at shoulder (measured with a standard) and about 8 feet to 9 feet in length (guessed). The great thing that struck me was her extraordinary tameness. She had only been caught three days, but fed readily from one's hand, and seemed to enjoy being scratched." Distribution. Assam, Tenasserim, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. Family TAPIRID^E. 141. TAPIRUS INDICUS CUV. The Malay Tapir. Tapir us malayanus, Cantor, p. 55. Tapirus indicus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 478. " Badak tampong " (i. e. Piebald Rhinoceros) of the Malays iu Kedah aud Perak. Badak," "Kuda Ayer," and " Tennu" of the Malays of the Peninsula, apud Cantor. " Tenok " of the Malays, apud Ridley. Cantor mentions specimens from Province Wellesley and Kedah. W . L. Sclater (Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. ii. 1891, p. 198) records two specimens from Malacca, obtained in 1820 and 1S48. Ridley (J. S. B. R. A. S. no. 25, p. 59) says tracks of the Tapir were seen near Temerloh, Pahang, and (Nat. Science, vi. 1895 pp. 161, 162) mentions the supposed protective coloration of the young. There are specimens from Larut in the Museum at Taiping, and from Malacca in the Raffles Museum. H.H. the Rajah Mudah of Kedah told me (June 1898) that the Tapir is not uncommon in the swamps of Kedah, within a dav's |