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iMOSCIIUS. MUSK. 



Generic Character. 



Corntia nulla. 



Denies Primores inferiores 



octo. 

 Latiiarii superiores solitarii 



cxserti. 



Horns none. 



Front-teeth in the lower jaw 



eight. 

 Tusks solitary, in the upper 



jaw, exserted. 



TIBETIAN Ml'sK. 



Moschu* Moschiferus. M.follicvlo umbilicali. IM. Syst. Nat. 



p. 91. 



Grey-brown Musk with umbilical follicle. 

 Moschus. Sc/irvcch. hist, mosch. t. 44. 

 Animal moschiferum. Nicremb. hl^t.mit. p. 184. J. G. Gmclin 



nor. comm. Pctrup. 4. p. 393. Raj. Quadr. t. 127. 

 Capra mosch i. Aldr. bisuk. p. 743. Gem. Quadr. p. 786. 

 Le Muse. Buff. 12. p. 361. and Suppl. 6. p. 221. pi. 29. 



111!, Mu.sk is one of those quadrupeds whose 

 triu- form and natural history appear to have con- 

 tinued in great ohscurity long after the introduc- 

 tion and general use of the celebrated perfume 

 which it produces. To the ancients it was un- 



