An Extinct Giant Pangolin and Associated Mammals from Niah Cave, Sarawak

Abstract

EXAMINATION of the mammalian remains excavated from the west mouth of Niah Cave, Sarawak1, in 1954–58 down to a depth of 72 in., which corresponds to a carbon-14 date of about 32,000 years B.P. (ref. 2), established a fauna containing only the lowland evergreen rain forest species of modern south-east Asia3; of those identified, only the Malay tapir4 and the tiger (an unerupted canine from Neolithic levels (E/G1, 6–12 in.)) are to-day unknown from the wild in Borneo.