On the mammals collected during the 'Skeat expedition' to the Malay peninsula, 1899-1900 / by J. Lewis Bonhote.

  • Bonhote, John Lewis James, 1875-1922.
Date:
1900
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Credit: On the mammals collected during the 'Skeat expedition' to the Malay peninsula, 1899-1900 / by J. Lewis Bonhote. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    as “ le pore epic de Malacca,” and called Hystrix fcisciculata by Shaw, might be referred to the animal in question, as stated by Dr. Jentink \ I have been carefully through Buffon and Shaw’s descriptions, comparing them with the present specimen, which differs in the following points :— (i) The fail is much longer, measuring about half the length of the body. (ii) Muzzle and legs are brown not black. (iii) The fifth digit ou the fore feet has a small nail and is not merely a tubercle. (iv) The spines have a brown tip with a white base, instead of having a white tip and base and centre brown. This specimen agrees precisely in all these details with some six specimens of T. lipura from Borneo, and undoubtedly belongs to that species, which is, moreover, quite distinct from Hystrix fasci- culata Shaw. Judging from the length of the tail and the white tips to the spines, Buffon’s description appears to me to refer to Atherura macrura (Linn.); at the same time Dr. Jentink’s generic differ- entiations 2 between Atherura and Trichys appear to hold good, so that the specimens in the Leyden Museum from Malacca may probably be referred to T. lipura. Mr. Thomas gave the name guentjieri on the assumption that lipura meaning tailless could not apply to an animal with a long j.ail, an assumption which in these days does not hold good. 49. Tapirus indicus Cuv. Tapirus indicus, Cuv., Desm. Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xxxii. p. 459 (1819); Flower, op. cit. p. 368. a. Imm. sk. & skel. Aring, Kelantan, Sept. 1899. 50. Nemorh(edus sumatrensis (Shaw)3. Antilope sumatrensis, Shaw, Gen. Zool. ii. pt. 2, p. 354 (1801). Nemorhoedus sumatrensis. Flower, op. cit. p. 370. Two pairs of horns, the one without any data and the other from near Biserat, Jalor, presented by Mr. D.T.Gwynne Vaughan, are referable to this genus and probably to N. sumatrensis, but the material does not admit of a complete identification. 51. Cervus unicolor Bechstein. Cervus unicolor, Bechstein, Allgem. Uebers. d. vierfiiss. Thiere, i. p. 112 (1799); Flower, op. cit. p. 372. a. 2 skull. Biserat, Jalor, May 1899. This is a skull marked “ Busa Deer,” which, according to Mr. Flower, is the local name for the species. 1 Notes from the Leyden Museum, vol. x^i.. Dec. 1894, p. 235. 2 Tom. cit. 3 The Nemorhoedus from the Peninsula has, since this paper was read, been separated under the name N. swettenhami by Mr. Butler (P. Z. S. 1900. p. 675), and is said to be distinguished by its jet-black legs. [14]