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
Licence: In copyright
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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![mentioned : Tale-sap is a large inland sea in the State of Patelung, which lies on the east coast of the Peninsula, where it begins to widen out in the north ; Singora is the capital of the State and is situated near the entrance to the sea. Jering is a small State on the east coast considerably to the south, in a latitude slightly north of that of Penang. Patani, Kelantan, and Tringganu form the remaining States under Siamese protection along the coast from the north. Due south of Jering and Patani lies the State of Jalor with Biserat as its capital ; Bukit Besar is a mountain (3000 ft.) on its western border. South of Jalor lie the small States of Baman and Legeh with its capital Belimbing. The State of Kelantan takes its name from a large river of that name, near the mouth of which is situated the town of Khota Bharu. The Lebeh is a tributary of this river and lies in the southern portion of the State, where it is joined by the Aring, another river. The prefixes Kwala and Ulu indicate the lower or upper waters of the river. Ghinong Inas is a large mountain (5861 ft.) about 50 miles due east of the southern boundary of Province Wellesley, in the State of Perak; the head-waters of the river Selama rise there, and Ulu Selama practically indicates the foot of the mountain. This locality, which was visited by Messrs. Laidlaw and Yapp after the rest of the expedition had gone home, seems to be of great interest, several species, including the undescribed one and Trickys lipura, having been found there only. Mr. Laidlaw having given me some interesting notes on the Mammals of this mountain, dealing more especially with the species of which specimens were not procured, 1 have great pleasure in recording them here :— “ Primates.—A Gibbon, I believe the Siamang (Hylobates syn- dactylus), ranges well up to 4000 ft. on Gunoug Inas. It has quite a different cry to the species common at Kwala Aring, “ A very large Semnojnthecus with a long tail is also common at that height, as are one or two smaller species. I was unable to get a specimen of any of these. 44 Sciuromorpka.—I saw a very fine pair of large Flying Squirrels at about 3000 ft. “ Sciurus tenuis is the common species. I only saw the one S. erythrceus that I shot. There is another black species about the same size as S. caniceps that occurs, but is rare at that height (it is perhaps $. citridorsalis). A very small species with a yellow and black lateral stripe is common but very difficult to shoot; this species ranges well up to 5000 ft. There is another large Squirrel, of which I saw a single specimen ; its head is shaped much like that of $. bicolor, but it is not so large and more plainly coloured, a dull grey : 4000 ft. “ Carnivora.—The Tiger does not occur high up in the mountain so far as we could discover, neither did we see any trace of Bears or Leopards, though I imagine the latter must occur. “ Ungulata.—The Elephant does not appear to get much above 2000 ft. The Tapir ranges right up to the summit-ridge of the [2]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22406499_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
