TBAGULUS. 555 



interdigital, or iugainal glands. Skull elongate and compressed 

 anteriorly ; occiput narrow. Brachydont and selenodont ; premolars 

 with a pointed triangular crown, the profile becoming almost tri- 

 cuspid with age ; upper canines in males long, exserted, short in 

 females. Mammae 4. Hair in all species fine and close. 



Synopsis of Indian, Ceylonese, and Burmese Species. 



a. Body spotted ; chin and throat hairy T. meminna, p. 555. 



b. Body not spotted ; skin between rami of 



mandible naked. 

 a'. Larger; hind foot and tarsus 5 "6 to 6 



inches T. napu, p. 557. 



b'. Smaller; hind foot and tarsus 4-4 to 5 



inches T.javanicus, p. 556. 



371. Tragnlus meminna. The Indian Chevrotain or Mouse Deer. 



Fig. 182. Tragulus meminna. 



Moschus meminna, Erxl. Syst. Regn. An. p. 322 (1777) ; Sykes, P. 

 Z. S. 1881, p. 104 ; Elliot, Mad. Jour. L. 8. x, p. 220 ; Tickell, 

 Cole. Jour. N. H. i, p. 420 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi, p. 96. 

 Meminna indica, Gray, List Mam. B. M. 1843, p. 172 ; Kelaart, 

 Prod. p. 81; Blyth, Cat. p. 155; id. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 483; 

 Jerdon, Mam. p. 269. 



Tragulus meminna, A. Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sd. Nat. (5) ii, p. 160, 

 pi. iii, fig. 2, pi. x ; W. Sdater, Cat. p. 189 ; Thomas, P. Z. S. 

 1891, p. 385. 



Pisura, Pisora, Pisai, H., Mahr. ; Jitrai haran, Beng. ; Gandiva, Uria ; 

 Yar, Ho-Kol ; Kuru-pandi, Tel. ; Kuram-pani, Tarn. ; Kur-pandi, Can. ; 

 Wahnuha, Cing. 



No naked glandular area on throat. Tarsus hairy all round, 

 except behind close to the hock. Tail short. 



Colour. Upper parts brown, darker or paler, minutely speckled 

 with yellow ; the hairs brown at the base, black towards the end, 



