Game Animals of India, etc. 



from the meminna by its uniformly coloured body, 

 and the presence of a naked glandular area on the 

 throat, as well as of another bare tract on the hind 

 surface of each hind-leg in the neighbourhood of the 

 hock ; the tail, too, is longer, measuring about 3 inches. 

 In height the animal stands about 13 inches at the 

 shoulder, the length to the root of the tail being about 

 28 inches. The general colour of the upper-parts is 

 yellowish or rufous brown, becoming greyer on the 

 flanks, the tail being brown above and white below. 

 A distinctive feature is the presence of five white bands 

 on the throat and chest, of which one is median, while 

 the other four form oblique lateral pairs. 



The geographical range of the napu extends from 

 the southern districts of Tenasserim through the Malay 

 Peninsula to the islands of Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. 

 The island forms of both this and the kanchil have 

 received in many cases distinct specific names, but they 

 can scarcely be regarded as more than local races, and 

 consequently need not be further noticed. 



THE KANCHIL CHEVROTAIN 



( Tragulus jav aniens) 



Native Names. — T^un, Burmese ; Kanchil^ Malay 



In this work it will suffice to state that the lesser 

 Malay chevrotain, as this species is frequently called, 

 is chiefly distinguished from the napu by its inferior 

 size, and the presence of only three white stripes on the 

 throat and chest. Of these stripes, the central one 

 is situated within an arrowhead-like brown mark, 

 while the other two form a pair on each side of the 

 latter. As in the napu, the distinctness of these 

 markings shows considerable variation. The maximum 

 length, from nose to root of tail, attained by this 



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