It
Would Appear To Be A New Species Of The Genus Rhacophorus, Which
Consists Of Several Frogs Of A Much Smaller Size Than This, And
Having The Webs Of The Toes Less Developed.
During my stay in Borneo I had no hunter to shoot for me
regularly, and, being myself fully occupied with insects, I did
not succeed in obtaining a very good collection of the birds or
Mammalia, many of which, however, are well known, being identical
with species found in Malacca.
Among the Mammalia were five
squirrels,and two tigercats - the Gymnurus Rafesii, which looks
like a cross between a pig and a polecat, and the Cynogale
Bennetti - a rare, otter-like animal, with very broad muzzle
clothed with long bristles.
One of my chief objects in coming to stay at Simunjon was to see
the Orangutan (or great man-like ape of Borneo) in his native
haunts, to study his habits, and obtain good specimens of the
different varieties and species of both sexes, and of the adult
and young animals. In all these objects I succeeded beyond my
expectations, and will now give some account of my experience in
hunting the Orangutan, or "Mias," as it is called by the natives;
and as this name is short, and easily pronounced, I shall
generally use it in preference to Simia satyrus, or Orangutan.
Just a week after my arrival at the mines, I first saw a Mias. I
was out collecting insects, not more than a quarter of a mile
from the house, when I heard a rustling in a tree near, and,
looking up, saw a large red-haired animal moving slowly along,
hanging from the branches by its arms.
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