MEMIMNA INDICA, 2G9 



large elliptical pores beneath, basal and lateral, the edges of which are 

 somewhat mobile, and the fluid, which appears to be continually 

 secreted, has a peculiar and rather offensive odour. The liver consists 

 of a single lobe, and the gall-bladder is constantly present." 



The next group have the canines much shorter, and want the musk- 

 bag. They form the family Tragulidce of some authors. They are 

 peculiar to the Indian region, and are among the smallest ruminants 

 known. The most typical form, Tragulus, Bennett, is found in the 

 Malayan peninsula and islands. It has the hinder part of the meta- 

 tarsus bald and callous. Our province contains one member of this 

 group, slightly differing from Tragulus. 



Gen. Memimna, Gray. 



Char. — Canines only in the males, small, not exserted ; false hoofs of 

 ordinary make and size ; tail very short ; ears moderate ; hinder edge 

 of metatarsus covered with hair ; no eye-pits, groin-pits, or feet-pits. 



These are animals of very small, size, with the hair smooth. Their 

 limbs are exceedingly slendei*, and their hind quarters are high, causing 

 their action to be very inelegant. They frequent only the thickest forests. 

 But one species is known. 



225. Memimna indica. 



Gray. — Blyth, Cat. 494. — Moschus memimna, Erxleben, Elliot, 

 Cat. 50. — MoscMola mimenoides, Hodgson. — Pisuri, Pisora, Pisai, H. 

 and Mahr. — Mugi, in Central India. — Jitri haran, Beng. — Gandwa, of 

 Oorias. — Yar, of Koles. — Kuru-pandi, Tel. 



The Mouse-deer. 



Descr. — Above olivaceous mixed with yellow-gray ; white below ; sides 

 of the body with yellowish- white lines formed of interrupted spots, the 

 upper I'ows of which are joined to those of the opposite side by some 

 transverse spots ; ears reddish-brown. 



Length of body about 22 to 23 inches; tail 1| ; height 10 to 12 

 inches ; weight 5 to G lb. 



The colour of this mouse-deer varies somewhat in diS'erent localities.* 



* The note in Blyth's Catalogue, p. 155, placed after this species, belongs to the 

 barking deer, and should be placed in the previous page, after C. i?afwa, Hodgson. 



