MALAYSIAN MAMMALS
DEPARTMENT OF |ZOOLOGY f QL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 729. 1 Har i.v-' •
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Recommended Vernacular Names
for
Malaysian Mammals
by
J. L. Harrison
and
S. K. Quah
Department of Zoology, University of Singapore
1963
14 DEC 1963 m!; I ''■'SRaSI
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INTRODUCTION
With the rapid spread of interest in Natural History, and the prospect of a large number of popular books, it is necessary to agree upon the names we are to use for our animals and plants. With some groups we may defer the problem, but with more popular groups it is urgent. Mammals vie with birds as the most popular group of animals, and this guide proposes a standardised list of names of mammals in three of the most important languages in use in Malaysia.
Many zoologists doubt the "value of vernacular names, and suggest that anyone really interested, in the .subject will take the trouble to learn the scientific names, which are supposedly international. The enthusiasist will do so, but not only does the beginner find it easier to learn the introduction to the subject in his own language but the public as a whole will fight shy of latin names, and it is important to interest the public in
animals, further, one must admit that scientific names are not .. particularly constant. They have a distressing habit of changing as our ideas of classification change, and vernacular names often prove more permanent.
If we accept the necessity for vernacular names, we are still left with the problem of choosing them. Some animals appear to have no names, others may have too many. Inevitably the choice varies from book to book, and when books increase, we need some rule to avoid confusion. The problem has been dealt with in scientific nomenclature by the priority mile, in which the oldest name is accepted regardless of how appropriate or inappropriate it may be. Scientific names, however, are meaningless, despite their latin form, since Latin is no longer used as a zoological language. This is not true of vernacular names; they convey information, and if they'are inappropriate they convey false information. They are fixed, not by rule, but by usage, and it is our duty to see that appropriate names, are used.
This list, therefore, proposes a list of names for us to use. Only three languages have been covered: English, Malay (in the sense of the National Language of the Federation of Malaya), and Mandarin Chinese. lb- three languages present different problems, and will be dealt with separately.
ENGLISH NAMES. Our English names are, with hardly an exception, inventions of zoologists. English is not a language native to Malaysia, and very few English animals occur in Malaysia. The so called English names are either being applied by analogy to slightly different animals from their English counterparts, or they are frank inventions of adoptions. English is a world language, and English names have a wide currency and a respectable antiquity, so that we are bound to accept names in .common use. Luckily we have not bound ourselves by a priority rule.
On the whole the names suggested here are in common use, at least in the sense that they are to be found in the standard books on animals of this and neighbouring areas. When several names seemed about equally common what seemed the most appropriate one was.chosen. The authors had no hesitation about rejecting inappropriate names, and they did not feel bound to give any preference to a name which was merely a translation of the latin.
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In two cases entirely new names were proposed. First is of those names derived from a person. Thus Miller 's Rat, for Rattus muelleri is widely accepted; hut as a vernacular name it seems to offer little advantage over the scientific name. No- one now remembers Mtiller, and the name merely gets confused with Bower's Bat, Annandale's Rat, and Whitehead's Rat. It has the advantage of making the lgtin name easy to remember, but what happens when this changes? Thus Rattus whiteheadi which Chasen calls Whitehead's rat, is shown by Ellerman ancPMorrison-Scott as R. musschenbroeki, and is called Musschenbroek' s rat. The authors have, therefore, proposed new names for all such species, but where the personal new name is well established (as with Mtiller's) this has been shown as an alternative.
The second change is where classification is confused. Thus the Flying Squirrels are not at all well known, and the authors do not feel obliged to retain names when there is some doubt about the species to which they apply.
Other changes have been confined to minor editing. Thus "Malay" has been rendered "Malayan" or "Malaysian" as appropriate, in accordance with modern usage. Adjectives such as Large, Greater, and Big, or Small, Lesser, and Little, have been taken as broadly equivalent, and have been added where needed. Occasionally explanatory adjectives have been added. Thus Davis calls Lariscus hosei the "striped Ground Squirrel." We have rended this as "4-striped ground-squirrel." (4 black stripes) in contrast to L. insignis, the "3-striped ground-squirrel".
After each English name are given references to the authors who have used the name, or a recognisable variant of it. •
References are indicated by number, as follows:
Banks (1949) Blanford (1888-91) Chasen (1940) Davis (1962) Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951) Harrison (1954-56) and Harrison & Quah (1963) Pocock (1939-41) ' Tate (1947) Tweedie & Harrison (1954)
Other authors consulted, for example Allen (1938), Banks (1931), Prater (1948), and Taylor (1934) either did n*t use English name's, or did not use them regularly. When all, or the great majority of authors used the same name, or a similar name, the reference is shown as "usu" for "usual name".
MALAY. As explained above "Malay" is used here in the sense of the National Language of the Federation of Malaya; which is in fact in process of being invented. This list, therefore, is not a list of names which are in use, it is a list of names which, it is proposed, we should adopt.
The Malay language spoken in the Federation of Malaya is not very rich in mammal names, unlike the various aboriginal languages, and such names as are in use vary greatly from place to place. Any one worker, who has taken pains to find out what animals are called in his district, will find that the names proposed Originalhere fromare andnot digitizedunderstood. by National UniversityThe ofsame Singaporeis Librariestrue for any 3.
country district in England, local names (if they exist) do not agree with the book;, but school-children learn from the book, and will grow up with some acquaintance with the new names, and perhaps some knowledge of the animals concerned. The difference will be particularly marked in Borneo, where animals, are usually known by their names in the local language even if Malay is being spoken.
The names suggested follow a "generic" system. That is to say each group of animals is given a name common to the group, and species are distinguished either by an adjective, or by the use of a recognised name adjectivally. Thus all of the Viverridae have been called "Musang". Of these the Binturong is known as "Benturong", but here it appears as "Musang benturong". Again the word "chenchurut" is fairly well recognised for the Hous-e shrew (although compounds of "tikus" are frequent). It is nor¬ mally used only for the House Shrew, but here the name has been extended to all the shrews. "Generic" is not to be taken as equivalent to a genus. The group is of varying taxonomic value, and indeed may have no taxonomic value.
CHINESE. There are, of course, well recognised names in Chinese for animals which occur in China, and for animals. of internat¬ ional importance. Malaysian animals, however, do not appear in Chinese zoological literature, and it has been necessary to invent suitable names for many species. Some names exist in translations of such books as Carter, et al; but such names are simple translations of the English. Names in this list, therefore, are adaptations ef the names of mammals with occur in China, when such species exist, but otherwise they are either adopted from standard works, or translated from the standard English or Malay name.
Reference works which have been consulted are those listed in the Chinese section of the list of references.
SCIENTIFIC NAMES. This is intended to be a proposal for vernacu¬ lar names not a checklist. The scientific names in general follow the list of Chasen (1940) as amended by Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1955). Nearly all the species from the Malay Peninsula are include^, not quite all of those recorded from Borneo. A few variations are the subjects of notes.
There are too many insectivorous bats, and they are not known well enough to justify the invention of a separate name far each species. Names have been proposed for genera only.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We wish to thank the many people who have criticised the earlier versions of this list and we are particularly grateful to Miss Sim Soon leong for entering the Chinese names jn her excellent handwriting.
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Species marked + occur in Malaya but not in Borneo.
Species marked @ occur in Borneo but not in Malaya.
-dp 4^ rj] INSECTIVORA ®
3568 Crocidura foetida Peters (Note 1) White-toothed Shrew Ohenchurut hutan & M (S I
5689 Suncus rnurinus (Linn.) House Shrew
Ohenchurut rumah %L
+ S. malayanus (Kloss), 368 @ Pigmy Shrew S. hosei (Thos.)
Ohenchurut terkechil
+Ohimarrogale hantu Harrison, 3568 Water Shrew an^ ^0» phaeura (Thos.) m Ohenchurut ayer
usu +T"alpa rulcrura Hodgson (Note 2) Malayan Mole Ohenchurut tanah A A If H 1345689 Echinosorex gymnurus (Raff1es) Moonrat
Tikus bulan f\ Ik
0 • 369 Hylorays sujllus Muller Short-tailed Shrew »e? Tikus babi
DERMOPTERA g @
Oynocep'halUiS variegatus (Aud ebert) Plying-lemurusu Kubong St rtk
PRIMATES f| iip S
Tupaiidae Tree-shrews—
135 Tupa.ia glis (Diard ) Common Tree-shrew'
Tupai munchong besar
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@ T. ra ontana Thomas Mountain Tree-shrew-^
Tupai munchong bukit lU
169 T. minor Gunther lesser Tree-shrew
Tupai munchong kechil J J ^ tit ll§
@ 13 T. gracilis Thos. Slender .Tree-shrew
Tupai munchong kurus M tit W @ T. dorsalis Schlegel long-striped or 134 Striped Tree-shrew Tupai munchong belang panjang ik ^ #t iS
T. tana Raffles Short-striped or large Tree-shrew13 Tupai munchong belang pendek
@ ii ® m85 ,, T. picta Thos. Painiied Tree-shrew £$1 .V.4i ' Tupai munchong berchat ¥/ m m
Dendrogale melanura (Thos.) Smooth-tailed Tree- shrew^"-^ Tupai munchong ekor kurus 'f JL #t I usu Ptilocercus lowii Gray Pen-.tail Tree-shrew Tupai akar malam % 3L ttt
lorisidae—lorises— ^4~
usu Rycticebus coucang (Boddaert) Slow loris Kongkang i§ m.
Tarsiidae Tarsier- it
usu ®Tarslus bancanus Horsfield Tarsier
lOera hantu go?
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Cere opi the cidae—Monkeys.
13689 Macaca'irus CuVier Long-tailed Macaque
Kera -R' A
usu M« nemestrina (Linn.) Pig-tailed Macaque Berok k Mm
+M. speciosa Cuvier Stump-tailed Macaque'578 Kera ekor pe.ndek rs
USU Presbytis melalophos (Raffles) Banded Leaf-monkey u'
Lotong cheneka 3.S
+P. cristatus (Raffles) Silvered Leaf- monkeyusu Lotong kelabu
.usu Presbytis obscurus (Reid) Dusky Leaf-monkey
Lotong chengkong M
®P. aygula (Linn.) G.rey48- or Sunda-Island Leaf-monkey^ Lotong kikok a % m
®T, rubicundus (Mttl1er) Red or Maroon Leaf- monkey.^^ Lotong rue rah Ml 4£ 1fk
@P. frontatus (Miiller) White-browed or White- 13 fronted Leaf Monkey Lotong puan & ». m. 34 Rasalis larvatus (v. Wurmb,) Proboscis or Long- nosed Monkey"*" Lotong bankatan A % Wk
Pongidae—Apes.— ft ft 44
usu +Hylobates syndactylus (Raffles) Siamang Gibbon
Siamang A u M< Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries (7)
369 H. agilis Cuvier Dark-handed G-ibbon
Wak-wak tangan hitarn 0.
usu +H. lar (Linn.) White-handed Gibbon & Wak-wak tangan puteh f Wi
%, raoloch (Audebert) Borneo Gibbon or 3 Siinda Island Gibbon Wak-wak borneo Jtfc. usu ®Pongo pygmaeus (Linn.) Orangutan
Maias fi W-
PHOLIDOT.A— 1$ f
Manis javanica Desraarest Scaly Anteater^23489 2358Q or Pangolin Tenggiling f f (ItaS)
CHIR0P1ERA t-f 0
Rousettus arnplexicaudatus (Ge offroy) Rousette-^® Chechadu besar §& * ii>
Pteropus varapyrus (Linn.) Larger Plying fox11811
Keluang besar
usu P. hyporaelanus Ternminck Lesser Plying-fox
v Keluang kechil \
Qynopterus brachyotis (Mul1er) Common Short-nosed Pruit-bat^"2® Chechadu hidong pendek *i 6 * *S>
C. horsfieldi Gray Larger Short-nosed Pruit-bat1^ Chechadu hidong pendek besar A ML % % Dyacopterus spadiceus (Ihos) 3-toothed Pruit-bat jt. Chechadu gigi tiga m ifr
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Megaerops ecaudatus (Ternrninck) Large^TaillesS Eruit- Chechadu ta'ekor besar 1 #F©
Aehtalops alecto (I'hos.) Sraall Tailless Eruit- bat Chechadu ta'ekor kechil - \3 /L r£j 38 +Chironax melanocephalus (Temrainck) Black-capped Eruit-bat
Chechadu kepala hitara % t *&
Penthetor lucasi (Dobson) Dusky Eruit-bat"^4 Chechadu hitara ?§ 'if] % 346 Eonycteris spelaea (Dobson) Cave Eruit-bat
Chechadu gua •d %L*S>
Balionycteris raaculata (Thos.) Spotted-Winged Eruit bat^ Chechadu sayap titek ih Macroglossus lagochilus Matschie Larger Long-tongued Fruit-bat543 Chechadu lidah panjang besar A -fb iS #■*§>
+II. minimus (Ge offr oy) Sraaller Long-tongued Eruit-bat-^® Chechadu lidah panjang kechil /K -ft ■&
Emballonura raonticola Teraminck Sheath-tailed baH3458
Kelawar ekor sarong fX*I
Taphozous spp Tomb bats3568 ■ Kelawar kubar JXf,
Megaderrna spp Ealse varnpiresusu
Kelawar daun m
usu Nycteris javanica Geoffroy Hollow-faced bat ft Kelwar rauka kosong
Rhinolophos spp Horse-shoe Bats^568
Kelawar ladara t)0l
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Hipposideros spp Round-leaf Horseshoe Bat8 Kelawar lad am bulat 5# I
Aselliscus stoliczkana (Dobson) Trident Horseshoe .38 Bat" Kelawar lad am. serampang % 1 $1 ■n
Goelops spp Tailless Horseshoe bats3^ Kelawar ladarn ta'efcor
U h A 1368 Myotis spp (Note 3) Mouse-eared Bats Kelawar telinga tikus 3\-
2358 Pipistrellus spp Pipistrelles
Kelawar hidong pendek
Glischropus tylopus (Dobson) Thick:-thumbed Pipistr-
elle35 or Banana Bat Kelawar pisang -fry te- 2512. w £) Si eB
Tylonycteris spp Club-foot1233 or Bamboo Bat Kelawar buloh
Hesperoptenus spp False serotines^
Kelawar petang palsu 4S #1?
N,yct&lus spp Hoctule s1338
Relawar raalara
Eptesicus verecundus Chasen Serotine38
Kelawar petang ^ ^ fe *Jb
Scotophilus temminckii (Horsfield) Yellow258 or House bat Kelawar rumah
3568 Murina suilla (Temrninck:) Tube-nosed bat
Kelawar hidong laras ¥ I a
Kerivoula spp Butterfly Bats or 18 Trumpet-eared Bats Kelawar kupu-kupu ¥ Jf Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries (10)
Miniopterus spp long-fingered bats^-3 Kelawar jari panjang -ft
56 Tadarida spp Pree-tailed Bats
Kelasar kechil X *5
Gheiromeles torquatus Horsfield Hairless Bat'1^49 Kelasar besar HI
RODENTIA l\ hssi
Sciuridae—Squirrels. Pa Ml $r\
16£ Pterornyscus pulverulentus (Gtfnther) Smoky Plying-squirrel
Tupai terbang kotor Hx
Petaurista petaurista (Pallas) Red Giant Plying Squirrel^®9 Tupai terbang merah if E tfk % P. elegans (Muiler) Spotted Giant Plying- squirrel 5 6 89 Tupai terbang bintang
Aeromys tephromelas (Gunther) Black Giant Plying- squirrel^®^ Tupai terbang bintang ± t #; %fc-3
Hylopetes spadioeus (Blyth) (Note 4) Dark-tailed Plying-
squirrel . Tupai terbang ekor hitam f. L%. H. lepidus (Horsfield) White-cheeked Plying- squirrel Tupai terbang pipi puteh & M i Petinomys genibarbis (Horsfield) = P. sagitta Tlinn.) Buff-bellied Plying- squirrel Tupai terbang dada kuning : ekj @p, setosus (Temminck) White-bellied Plying- squirrel Tupai terbang dada puteh & X1 %
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+Petaurillus kinlochii (Robinson & Pigray Plying . and®Petaurillus spp Kloss) Squirrels-*-3689
Tupai terbang kerichek
Iomys horsfieldii (Waterhouse ) Red-tailed or Hors- field's1368 Plying-squirrel Tupai terbang ekor merah it. ft
Menetes berdraorei Yellow (Blyth) striped or __ DO Berdmore's Squirrel Tupai belang tuning ij?' Ma i
@ •• 134 Rannosciurus exilis (Muller) (Rote 5) Pigmy squirrel
Tupai kerichek 1% tk
@R. Whiteheadi (Thos.) Tufted {or Whitehead5) Pigtay-squirrel Tupai kerichek jambul (Jf $r 14 % ®N. ruelanotis (Mul 1 er) Black-eared Pigmy-, squirrel"*"^ Tupai kerichek telinga hitam W- g it te &
Cailosciurus tenuis (Horsfield) Slender littel squirrel"1"^8^ Tupai cherleh.
C. .lowii (Thomas) Short-tailed (or. Low's1548) little- Tupai ekor pendek squirrel Mij @ C, jentincki (Thornas) Mountain (or Jentink' s^-3 ) little- Tupai kechil bukit squirrel Ja yK c4\i +C« erythraeus (Pallas) Mountain Red-bellied Squirrel^ Tupai merah bukit- jj\- llH jJD ikD
+G« caniceps (Gray) Grey-bellied 69 squirrel Tupai kelabu
Xft % 6
C. prevostii (Desmarest) White-striped .. . or Prevost"^8-* squirrel Tupai gading & % fe- n Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries (12)
69 Oallosciurus notatus (B od d a e rt) Red-bellied Squirreling or Plantain Squirrel Tupai merah TF m if Ifv 6 89 0. nigrovittatus (Horsfield) Black-banded squirrel
Tupai rusok hi tarn Jn if I'ff
albescens (Bonhote) Buff-eared squirrel
Tupai telinga tuning # 4- ^
. .134-6 G. hippurus (Geoffroy) Horse-tailed squirrel
Tupai ekor kuda A if n
0, brookei Rajah Brooke's little Squirrel"^ Tupai kechil raja Brooke J-lf-kj* C. raaclellandi Striped Little Squi- rrel^9 Tupai kechil belang #; if Ik
lariscus insignis (Cuvier) 3-striped ground- -,1369 squirrel Tupai belang (tiga ) # ill if t'i Lariscus hosei (Thomas) 4-striped ground- squirrel Tupai belang ampat ^ us? 4 & I +freraorays rufigenis (B1anford) Red-cheeked ground- 356 squirrel Tupai pipi merah ff . M it if
®D. everetti (Thomas) Mountain ground-squirrel
Tupai bukit \t71U yt if ti
Rhinosciurus laticaudatus (Mul1er) Shrew-faced Ground Squirrel^9 Tupai naning ^ f, if ik hkj
Rheithrosciurus macrotis (Gray) Giant tufted ground - Squirrel Tupai besar jarabul if Mi @ Glyphotes siraus Thos. Red-bellied Pigmy- squirrel Tupai terkechil merah ft 91 n Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries (13)
369 +Ratufa bicclor (Sparrmannj Black Giant-squirrel
Tupai kerawak hit am % E tA
R. affinis (Raffles) White-thighed Giant Squirrel Tupai kerawak (paha puteh) & fk £ H tlj
Hystricidae—-Porcupines,— ^ ^ 39 Hystrix brachyurus linn. Common porcupine
Landak raya
' ## 34 'Thecurus crassispinis (Gunther) Thick-spined porcupine landak borneo % ilt f4
'"Atherurus macrourus (Linn.) Brush-tailed Porcu- usu Landak batu pine 'fi %
Trichys lipura Gunther Long-tailed Porcu- usu pine Landak padi
Rhizomyidae—Bamboo Rats— n
359 Rhizomys sumatrensis (Raff1es) Bamboo Rat
Dekan Jk YT MY
Muridae—Rats & Mice. Wv f\ '
usu Rattus rattus diardii (Jentink) Malaysian House-rat Tikus runiah fUi
R, .jalorensis (Bonhote) Malaysian Wood-rat^
Tikus belukar MM
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R. argentiventer (Robinson & Kloss) Ricefield rat569
Tikus sawah
R. norvegicus (Berkenhout) Norway ratUsu
Tikus mondok to fiA
R, exulans (peale) little House-rat or .138 Burmese rat" Tikus rumah kechil
hR. annandalei (Bonhote) Singapore rat or Annandale's rat^ Tikus singapura 40
R, baluensis (Thos) Kinabalu rat or Summit rat Tikus kinabalu *Aj
R, muelleri (Jentink) Swamp Giant Rat!? or Muller's Rat Tikus ayer I2 ''xd
®R. infraluteus (Thos) Borneo Mountain Giant ci~fc Tikus bukit besar borneo & M\j
R. fulvescens (Gr e y) Long-tailed Mountain
= R. rapit (Bonhote) rat"6 ALM W Tikus bukit ekor panjang
R. niviventer (Hodgson) White-beHied Mountain
- R. bukit (Bonhote) rat256 J •.•!»« -r—• f. Tikus bukit dada puteh & H| ik UKJ
569 R. cremoriventer (Miller) Dark-tailed Tree-rat
Tikus akar ekor hitarn t A m ik
R. whiteheadi (Thos.) = R. musschenbroeki (Jentink)(Note 6) Little spiny rat^ or
Whitehead rat . Tikus duri kechil
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R. alticola (Thos) Mountain spiny rat
Tikus duri bukit iU u iC
®Rattus baedon (Thos) Kinabalu Spiny-rat
Tikus duri kinabalu
R. rajah, group Rajah Spiny Rat-'-^5689
Tikus duri 5
R. rajah (Thos) Brown Spiny rat
Tikus duri hitarn pudar
R. surifer (Miller) Red spiny rat^
4 ■£ Tikus duri merah fi?V
69 R. sabanus (Thos.) Long-tailed Giant-rat
Tikus ekor panjang E A fit.
R. edwardsi (Thos) Mountain Giant rat or Edward's Giant RatJJ Tikus bukit besar
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R. bowersii (Anderson) Grey Giant rat^, 2 Anderson's or Bower's rat-^ Tikus besar kelabu E A lEy 36 R. canus (Miller) Grey Tree-rat
Tikus akar kelabu AM I
& Haeromys margarettae (Thos) Ranee Tree-mouse-
Tikus akar kechil ft Hi H
568 "Hapalomys longicaudatus Blyth Marmoset mouse
Tikus rikonyet -a m ti
Pitheeheir melanurus Ouvier Money-footed Tree- 68 Mouse Tikus ibu jari -£i lip
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Chiropodomys gliroides (Blyth) Bamboo Tree-mouse
Tikus buloh n m tk
usu Mus raus cuius Linn. House mouse aI eg Tikus rumah terkechil
3568 +Bandicota indica (Bechstein) Greater Bandicoot"
Tikus besar hitam % ffv
+B. bengalensis (Gr ay) Lesser Bandicoot"*^
Tikus besar ekor pendak 'Jv &
CARHIVCRA 1t 4] 0
Helarctos malayanus (Raff1es) Malayan Bearusu
Beruang Jb £ &
+Cuon alpinus (Pallas) Malayan Wild D©gUSu
Serigala ft
Mattes flavigula (Boddaert) Yellow-throated Martenusu Pulusan akar *13
Mustela nudipes Cuvier Malayan Weaselusu
Pulusan tanah
®Melogale orieutalis (HorsfieId) Pertfet Badgerusu
Pulusan lamri
@ Bydaus javariensis (Leschenault) Teludu34
Teludu i\vi_ pi
Lutra suri,iatrana (Gray) Hairy-nosed Otterhsu
Me me rang kurnis
L. perspicillata. Geoff Smooth Qtteru-isu
Mermerang lichin I M Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries (17)
3589 Aonyx cinerea (Illiger) Small-clawed Ottor
Memerang kechil 'h >f\m
usu Prionodon linsang (Hardwicke) Linsang Musang linsang #21
4* Viverra zibetha Linn. Large (Indian) Civet1357 Musang jebat If IS 89 V. tangalunga Gray Tangalung Civet
Musang tenggalong & kf I
+ 578 V. megaspila Blyth Large-spotted Oivet
Musang titek M &j i M
2378 Viverricula malaccensis (Gme1in) Little Civet m 4-yi Musang bulan
^^ Q QT* Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Pallas) (Note Common musang-" Palm Civet Musang pulut w u
Pagurna larvata Ham-Smith Masked Musang (or Palm Civet)USU Musang larnri i4C ™
usu Arctictis binturong (Raff1es) Binturong M I Musang benturong
(7)89 Arctogali Musang akar f n Hemigal^us derbyanus (Gray) Banded musang (or Palm Civet )us_u Mus®.ng gengulang Hi to @H. .ta.osei Thos. Brown musang -£L Busang hi tarn pudar Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries (18) usu Cynogale benettii Gray Otter-civet Musang memerang 1348 Herpestes brachyurus Gray Short-tailed Mongoose Bambun ekor pendek $14 ift 38 H. edwardsii Geoffroy Large Indian Mongoose Bambun besar Eft M. it 345 H. auropunctatus Hodgson Small Indian mongoose Bambun kechil @. :H. semitorquatus Gray Collared Mongoose-^ Bambun ekor panjang [> usu Panthera tigris (Linn.) Tiger Riraau fa usu +P. -pardus (Linn.) Leopard Riraau bintang usu Black: Leopard v Rirnau kumbang t) usu Heofelis nebulosa (Griffith) Clouded leopard Rimau dahan A tv Pelis temrajnckii Vigors & Horsfield Golden cat^3579 Kuching tulap %%% P. planiceps Vigors & Horsfield Plat-headed catUSU Kuching hutan & II Iffl P. marmorata Martin Marbled catusu Kuching dahan 4r f S ®P. badia Gray Borneo Bay cat^4 Kuching rnerah ft? #x|S Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries (19) usu E. bengalensis Kerr Leopard-cat Kuching "batu W ¥ SIREKIA- &4- s usu Lugong dugong (Mul1er) Dugong Duyong 11 PL PROBOSCIDEA— & 1 a usu Elephas maxirnus Linn. Elephant & Gajah PERISSODACTYLA— 9 usu +Tapirus indicus Desmarest Tapir Chipan 11 +Rhinoce-ros sondiacus Desraarest Javan (1-horned) Rhinoceros^5589 Bada k raya Didermocerus sumatrensis (Eischer) Sumatrau (2-horned) Rhinocerosusu Badah berendarn. ART IODAO TYLA— -jg?,/ £ Sus scrofa Linn Common wild pig^®9 tS ■?'. "t- Babi baran Sus barbatus Muller Bearded Pigusu Babi janggut it *t usu Tragulus napu (Cuvier) Larger Mouse-deer Hapoh Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries (20) usu T. javanicus (Osbeck) (Note 8) Sraaller Moy.se-deer =T kanchil (Raffles) •* N Pe land ok: @|jgtt usu Muntlacus muntjac (Zimmermann) Barking Deer Kijang "in usu Cervus unicolor Kerr Sambar Deer Rusa Bos gaurus Smith Gaur Seladang Bosbanteng Wagner Banteng^358 and Terna- dau^4 (Borneo) Banteng % Bos bubalus Linn. Domestic BuffaloUSU Kerbau ?K 4- 0aprioornis sumatrensis (Bechstein) Serow 3589 Kamblng gurun NOTES Note: 1. Orocidura foetida Peters Our knowledge of the white-toothed shrews is meagre, and Chasen (1940), recognising this, gave, uncritically, an unwieldy list of 29 named species for the subregion. He suggests that there are two species in the lowlands of the Malay Peninsula, which he calls C. fuliginosa, and C. malayana, and these names were followed by. Harrison & Quah (1963). If we except island forms, however, there is really very little evidence for the existence of more than one widespread species in the whole subregion. If this is so, C. fuliginosa (Blyth, 1855), described from Burma, would be the prior name, were Chasen's identification correct. Medway (in litt), however, casts some doubt on this identification, and indeed appears to doubt whether fuliginosa is identifiaW As he points out, the oldest name for the species within the area is C. foetida Peters, 1870, from Borneo. It is undesirable to invent vernacular names for species which may not exist, so for the time being the name C. foetida is being used for any white-toothed shrew. Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries (21) Note 2. Talpa micrura hodgson Chasen (1940) described Talpa klossi malayana from the Cameron Highlands, Pahang. Ellerraan and Morrison- Scott (1955) consider both klossi and raalayana to be subspecies of T. micrura Hodgson. Cranbrook (1962) considers klossi indeterminate, but agrees that the form from Cameron Highlands is T. micrura malayana Chasen. Note 5. Myotis spp. All of these have been lumped together as "Mouse- eared Bats". With such a large genus, however, there are arguments for giving separate names to the subgenera. We suggest: subgenus leuconoe Big-footed bats Kelawar kaki besar ^ subgenus Selysius Whiskered Bats J0~ f Kelawar- kurnis yjg Note 4. Hylopetes spadiceus For a discussion of the species of Hylopetes see Hill (1961). " Note 5. Nannosciurus Moore (1958) described the genus Exiliscjurus including species exilis and whiteheadi, anH" placed this new genus in a different subtribe. We have retained the more familiar nomenclature for the purpose of this list. Note 6. Rattus whiteheadi (Thos.) Ellerraan & Morrison-Scott (1955) suggest that this species represents R. musschenbroeki (Jent) of the Celebes. There seems to "Be enough difference -to justify its retention as a separate species. Note 7. Musang = Palm Civet The expression Palm-civet is used by most autlhors for the arboreal Yiverridae (Paradoxurinae, HemigaJLinae , and Arctogalidiinae), but the name Musang has a very respectable antiquity as an English word, and is adopted here . Rote 8. Tragulus javanicus (Osbeck, 1765) The use of this name for the Smaller Mouse Deer, instead of for the Larger, as used by Chasen, is discussed by Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951 & 1955). Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries (22) REFERENCES English Allen G.M. (1938) The mammals of China and Mongolia. Natural History of Central Asia vol. ll pts 1 & 2, American Museum of Natural History, New York. Banks E. (1931) A popular account of the Mammals of Borneo. J. Malaya. Br. Asiat. Soc. 9 (2): 1-39- (1949) Bornean Mamma1s Kuching Press. Kuching. Blanford W.T. (1888~9lf~Mammalia. Fauna of British India. Taylor and Francis. London. Bourlidre F. (1955) Mammals of the World (English ed.) Harrap. 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(19^5) % Ik % |96'6 4 7?' #4£fl] 744^ 19^ %i fi I® %h If ^p> 1^5 l?55 f# % # /fl If ifcjf£J2 -Jit J£ (957 4%ui/svt/%9 4*\J£&fi£.f£ 7ir4i 4R iff 4), JBourliare O?5"**) Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries The preparation of this list was part of the work on mammals made possible by a grant from the South Asia Project of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu 17, Hawaii. Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries 167603 : :• i:v ' c'- .. ''' ':v oi. DS/lO"'- i::3j.33!?I -M orfrj :,3 :-.f : - ~:j ... L:; or:.: xoci" , j'.il v. ori J" &£. . O 8 . j S fi.lo j~r- v,j\j.o'L3V :;;:.i lioiril' BC[: 3r:. ;• •. :b 31333 .■ • r ob.i:v :• -xq oirlw . ■ •'i .1 rx'iB 5.:tr. "3;. Jxr: : 3 . . : 3:i:o'..-J"0 ! -j:. o::- '-•) I ; , ■ Si: Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries This is one of a series of guides to the fauna of the Malaysian region which are being collec¬ ted and circulated by the Zoology Department, University of Singapore. The object is to provide interim accounts of those groups which are sufficiently well known. The guides, which are not necessarily original, are for use and criticism, and should not be regarded as published in final form. Corrections, suggested modifications, and additional guides, are solicited, and should be addressed to: Professor of Zoology, University of Singapore, Singapore 10. The following guides are in process of being issued: 1. Guide to Families of Malaysian Fishes....by 0. C. lindsey. 2. Recommended Vernacular Names for Malaysian Mammals.... by J. L. Harrison and S. K. Quah. 3. Guide to Malayan Water Bugs (Hemiptera- Heteroptera) with keys to the genera.... by C. H. Fernando and L. Cheng. 4. Guide to Families of Malaysian Marine Bivalves... .by C. F. lira. Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries 1. Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries J Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries CENTRAL author HARRISON titl ""Recommended vernacular names C°r Malaysian mammals. MALCOLL. • H|/ 167603 HARRISON rsjty OF SINGAPORE library Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries