262 Sir T. S. Raffles's Deicriptivt Catalogue 



MOSCHUS Kanciiil. Jj^ 



This species is smaller than the preceding, being about fifteen 

 inches long by about nine or ten in height. In form it nearly 

 resembles the Napu, but is lighter and more active. Its colour 

 is very different, being of a deep-red brown, approaching to 

 black on the back, and becoming of a bright bay on the sides. 

 It is white on the belly and inside of the legs. It has three 

 white stripes on the breast like the Napu, but differently dis- 

 posed. The stripe on each side of the lower jaw is prolonged 

 to the shoulder, becoming narrower as it goes backwards ; the 

 middle stripe is broadest below, and narrows to a point above, 

 never uniting with the lateral stripes. In the Napu, on the 

 contrary, the three white stripes originate from one point be- 

 tween the maxillary ones, which appear like the commence- 

 ment of another pair ; and all three become broader behind. 

 The head of the Kanchil is not so flat, and the muzzle is more 

 curved above. The black lines from the eyes to the nose are 

 wanting, but a well defined black line runs down the back of 

 the neck, which is not present in the Napu. A brown line runs 

 from between the fore- legs to the middle of the belly. This 

 species is further distinguished by having long upper canines 

 curving backwards ; while in the N apu they are short and 

 straight. The tail is from one and a half to two inches lonw, 

 tufted, white below and at the end. It has spurious hoofs like 

 the former. 



These differences are constant at every age, and they differ 

 not less in their habits and manners. This species is found in 

 the depth of the forests, and feeds chiefly on the fruit of the 

 Kayo briang (Gmelina villosa Roxb.). It will live in confine- 

 ment, but never becomes tame like the preceding. If ever it 

 succeeds in breaking its confinement, it endeavours to make its 



escape 



