CHAPTER XI 



Order VI. Ungulata 



Sub-Order 4. ARTIODACTYLA (continued) 



GROUP II.TRAGULINA. 



FAMILY TRAGULID^E. 



THIS group, known as the Chevrotains, Deerlets, or 

 Mouse Deer, consists of diminutive, graceful, deer- 

 like animals, possessing certain well-defined characteristics 

 that well separate them from the true deer. They have 

 no antlers, the upper jaw is furnished with long canine 

 tusks, and each foot has four well-developed digits, approxi- 

 mating somewhat to those of the pig. The family really 

 appears to form a link between the deer and the swine. 

 There are half a dozen species of Chevrotains, the Water 

 Chevrotain (Dorcatherium aquaticum) of West Africa being 

 the only one that is found outside the continent of Asia. 



KANCHIL (Tragulus pygmaus). 

 Coloured Plate XXV. Fig. 2. 



The Kanchil, or Pigmy Musk Deer, is a native of Java 

 and various adjacent islands. It is a very small animal, 

 with a body only about as big as a hare or rabbit. Its 

 legs are slender and but little thicker than a blacklead 

 pencil. Little over a foot in height and measuring but 

 eighteen inches in length, except for the ten-inch high 



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