248 MAMMALIA. 



distinguishable from that of the Pecary and its succentorial 

 toes are as much developed as in the last-mentioned animal. 



As Dorcatherium of Kaup breaks down the empirical distinc- 

 tion between the Ruminants and Pachyderms as regards the 

 number of the teeth, so does the Moschus aquations as regards 

 the structure of the feet. Falconer fy Cautley, Proc. Geol. Sac. 

 1843, 240. 



Hyemoschus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. ; Ann. fy Mag. N. H. xvi. 



*350; List Osteol. B. M. 63. 



Moschus (aquaticus), Falconer, Proc. Geol. Soc. 1843, 240. 

 Amphimoschus, Falconer, MSS. 1843. 

 Cainotherium, sp., Bravard, 1835. 

 Moschus, sp., Lesson, Nov. Tab. R. A. 175, 1842. 



Lesson refers M. aquaticus with doubt as a synonym of Mos- 

 chus Javanicus. Nov. Tab. R. A. 175. 



1. HYEMOSCHUS AQUATICUS. The BOOMORAH. 



Brown. Two diverging streaks on the throat, chest, spots on 

 back, a streak along each side, front edge of thighs, a spot over 

 each hoof, and end of tail, white. 



Moschus aquaticus, Ogilby, P. Z. S. 1840, 35; Falconer, P. 



Geol. Soc. 1843; Wagner, Wiegm. Arch. viii. 51. 

 Hyemoschus aquaticus, Gray, Ann. fy Mag. N. H. xvi. 350; List 



'Osteol. B. M. 63. 

 Moschus Stanleyanus (misprint for aquaticus), Sundevall, Pecora, 



64. 



Boomorah, Negroes of Sierra Leone. 

 Water Deer, Colonists at Sierra Leone. 

 Biche Cochon, French Colonists in IV. Africa. 

 Moschus Javanicus var. ?, Lesson, Nov. Tab. R. A. 175. 

 Hob. W. Africa. Bulham Creek, Sierra Leone ; common. 



Whitfield. 



Two adult. West Africa ; Gambia. Presented by the Earl of 

 Derby. 



OSTEOLOGY, t. 25. f. 2. 



*Skull. The specimen described in the Ann. <$ Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. xvi. p. 350, 1845. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Earl 

 of Derby. 



* Skull and scapular. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Earl 

 of Derby. 



4. TRAGULUS, Pallas. 



Throat with a nakedish, concave, subglandular, callous disc 

 between the rami of the lower jaw, from which a band extends 



