Chapter I Mammalia
Neglect of Zoology in Ceylon 127
Monkeys 128
Wanderoo 129
Error regarding the Silenus Veter (note) 129
Presbytes Cephalopterus 130
P. Ursinus in the Hills 131
P. Thersites in the Wanny 132
P. Priamus, Jaffna and Trincomalie 132
No dead monkey ever found 133
Loris 133
Bats 135
Flying fox 135
Horse-shoe bat 136
Carnivora.—Bears 137
Their ferocity 138
Singhalese belief in the efficacy of charms (note) 139
Leopards 139
Curious belief 140
Anecdotes of leopards 142
Palm-cat 144
Civet 144
Dogs 144
Jackal 145
The horn of the jackal 145
Mungoos 145
Its fights with serpents 146
Theory of its antidote 147
Squirrels 148
Flying squirrel 148
Tree rat 149
Story of a rat and a snake 149
Coffee rat 149
Bandicoot 150
Porcupine 150
Pengolin 151
Ruminantia.—The Gaur 151
Oxen 152
Humped cattle 152
Encounter of a cow and a leopard 153
Buffaloes 154
Sporting buffaloes 155
Peculiar structure of the hoof 155
Deer 156
Meminna 157
Elephants 158
Whales 158
General view of the mammalia of Ceylon 159
List of Ceylon mammalia 159
Curious parasite of the bat (note) 161