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Hasitat.—In all the large forests of India; but is not known, 
according to Jerdon, in the countries eastward of the Bay of Bengal. 
It is common in the bamboo forests of the Central provinces, where 
I obtained it on several occasions. 
DESCRIPTION.—“ Above olivaceous, mixed with yellow grey ; white 
below ; sides of the body with yellowish-white lines formed of inter- 
rupted spots, the upper rows of which are joined to those of the opposite 
side by some transverse spots; ears reddish-brown” (/erdon). The 
colour however varies; some are darker than others. 
Mouse Deer.* 
Size.—Length, 22 to 23 inches; tail, 14 inches; height, 10 to 12 
inches. Weight, 5 to 6 lbs. 
The above measurements and weight are taken from Jerdon. Pro- 
fessor Garrod (Cassell’s Nat. His.) gives eighteen inches for length and 
eight inches for height, which is nearer the size of those I have kept in 
confinement ; but mine were young animals. They are timid and 
delicate, but become very tame, and I have had them running loose 
about the house. They trip about most daintily on the tips of their 
toes, and look as if a puff of wind would blow them away. 
They are said to rut in June and July, and bring forth two young 
about the end of the rainy season. 
* (From Sir Emerson Tennant’s ‘ Ceylon,’ by permission of Messrs. Longmans.) 
