MANIS JAVANICA. Desmarest.
M. leucura, Blyth. I Chum or scaly hill borer.
Chun-shau-cap, . CHIN. Pangolin,. . JAv.
Lingli or hill carp, „ Inhabits Burma, the Malayan Peninsula, several. parts of China, and islands of the Archipelago. 3IANIS PENTADACTYLA: Linn.
M. crassicaudata, Griff. M. inaurita, Hodg.
M. macroura, Dam. Pangolinus typus, Led J.
M. brachyura, Erxleb. Pholidotus Indians, Gray.
M. laticaudata, 'neg.
Shalma, . . BAORI. Armoi, . .
Kat pohu, . . . BENG. Kauli mah, . . . Bajra kapta, . . „ Kowli manjra, . . „ Ban-rohu, . . DEKH. Kassoli manjur, . „ Sillu, Sal, Sallu, . HIND. Keyot-mach, HUNGRIER.
Sukun-khor, . . „ Aluva, Maxi, . . TEL.
Bajar-kit, HIND., SANSK. Thirys, This mania, or Indian scaly ant - eater, the common pangolin, is 2G inches long, tail 18 inches. It is nowhere abundant, but is found throughout the whole of India, and into the Lower Himalayas and Nepal. It walks with its fore feet bent over, and with its back conversely curved. It lives on insects, the white ant, but cannot be kept alive in captivity.
The mania burrows in the ground, in a slanting direction, to a depth of from 8 to 12 feet from the surface, at the end of which is a large chamber about 6 feet in circumference, in which they live in pairs, and where they may be found with one or two young ones about the months of January, February, and March. They close up the entrance of the burrow with earth whew in it, so that it would be difficult to find them but for the peculiar track they leave. A female that Mr.
Elliot kept alive for some time slept during the day, but was restless all night. It would not eat the termites or white ants put into its box, nor even the large black ant (Myrmica indefessa, Sykes), though its excrement at first was full of them. But it would lap the water that was offered to it, and also conjee or rice water, by rapidly darting out its long extensile tongue, which it repeated so quickly as to fill the water with froth. When it first came it made a sort of hissing noise if disturbed, and rolled itself up, with the head between the four legs, and the tail round the whole. The class of the fore feet are very strong, and in walking are bent under, so that the upper surface is brought in contact with the ground ; its gait is slow, and the back is curved upwards. After its death a single young one was found iu it (September 15th), perfectly formed, and about 2 inches long. The marks of the future striated scales were distinctly visible, and its long tongue was hanging out. The tongue of the .old one was 12 inches in length, narrow, flat, fleshy to the tip, the muscle along( the lower surface very strong. The length of the animal was 40 inches ; the weight 21 lbs.— Jertion ; Elliot. '