An Allied Species Is Found
In The Philippines, But In No Other Island Of The Archipelago Is
There Anything Resembling Them.
These creatures are about the
size of a spaniel, of a jet-black colour, and have the projecting
dog-like muzzle and overhanging brows of the baboons.
They have
large red callosities and a short fleshy tail, scarcely an inch
long and hardly visible. They go in large bands, living chiefly
in the trees, but often descending on the ground and robbing
gardens and orchards.
Anoa depressicornis, the Sapi-utan, or wild cow of the Malays, is
an animal which has been the cause of much controversy, as to
whether it should be classed as ox, buffalo, or antelope. It is
smaller than any other wild cattle, and in many respects seems to
approach some of the ox-like antelopes of Africa. It is found
only in the mountains, and is said never to inhabit places where
there are deer. It is somewhat smaller than a small Highland cow,
and has long straight horns, which are ringed at the base and
slope backwards over the neck.
The wild pig seems to be of a species peculiar to the island; but
a much more curious animal of this family is the Babirusa or Pig-
deer; so named by the Malays from its long and slender legs, and
curved tusks resembling horns. This extraordinary creature
resembles a pig in general appearance, but it does not dig with
its snout, as it feeds on fallen fruits.
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