seladangn.
/səˈlɑːdaŋ/ = gaur n.; also, formerly, the Malayan tapir, Tapirus indicus.
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Malay tapir1822
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Malayan tapir1824
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Bovinae (bovine) > [noun] > genus Bos > bos gaurus or gaur
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1822 T. S. Raffles in Trans. Linn. Soc. 13 270 It [sc. Tapirus Malayanus] is known by different names in different parts of the country [sc. Sumatra]. By the people of Limun it is called Saladang.
1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca I. vii. 435 The Seladang is supposed by some zoologists to be identical with the Tapir.
1868 Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 194 The Malayan bison, an animal well known to the Malays under the name of Sladang..[is] more formidable when wounded than the tiger.
1875 E. Blyth Catal. Mammals & Birds Burma 47 In the Malayan peninsula, where it is known as the Salandang, this animal [sc. the Gaur] would appear to be becoming extremely rare.
1884 R. A. Sterndale Nat. Hist. Mammalia India & Ceylon 481 Gavæus gaurus. Salandang in the Malay countries.
1898 A. B. Rathborne Camping in Malaya 68 Elephants and seladang (bos sondaicus).
1905 T. R. Hubback Elephant & Seladang Hunting 44 The seladang has no dewlap and no hump.
1905 T. R. Hubback Elephant & Seladang Hunting 47 Seladang are only found in little-inhabited districts.
1910 Chambers's Jrnl. May 282/1 Larger game, such as the tiger, sladang, pig, and deer, abound.
1927 H. M. Tomlinson Gallions Reach xxxv. 263 A likely corner for sladang, the instantaneous bull which does not wait for trouble but makes it when you are not looking.
1933 L. Ainsworth Confessions Planter in Malaya 219 The Seladang or Malayan Bison is diminishing in numbers, and is now found almost exclusively in Negri Sembilan and Pahang.
1965 R. McKie Company of Animals viii. 130 Seladang (this spelling will be used for both singular and plural) are among the largest of the ox tribe and are remote relatives of domestic cattle.
1974 R. Butler Buffalo Hook iv. 28 The seladang is the wild buffalo of Malaysia.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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