CLASS I. MAMMALIA: ORDER 9. RUM1NANT1A. 



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THE KANCHIL. 



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The Kanchil, Moschus Kanchil, or Tragulus pygmceus — the Javan Chevrotain of Button 

 of a brownish fawn-color, and about the size of a hare. 



The Napu, T. Javanicus, is two feet long and nine inches high ; the eyes are large and bril- 

 liant ; the tail short ; the general color brownish-gray. It frequents thickets near the sea-shore, 

 and feeds principally upon berries. It seldom visits the larger forests, which are the favorite re- 

 sort of the Kanchil, for it does not possess either the agility or the_ cunning of the latter, to secure 

 it from danger, and prefers, therefore, the vicinity of man, with whom it readily becomes familiar, 



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THE NAPU MUSK DEER. 



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to that of the beasts of prey which inhabit the interior. "When taken young it is tamed with the 

 greatest facility. In captivity it appears perfectly at its ease, and quite indifferent to what is 

 passing around it. Its full, dark eye and placid air give it the appearance of a degree of intelli- 

 gence which it does not really possess, for the greater part of its existence is passed in eating, 

 drinking, and sleeping. Its voice is scarcely more than might be produced bv a deep but still a 

 gentle expiration. It is found in Java and Sumatra. 



Genus HYEMOSCHUS : Hyemoschus. — Of this there is a single species, the Boomorah, H. 

 aquaticus, found in Western Africa living in marshy situations. It is of a 'brownish -fawn above and 

 white beneath. In size it resembles the preceding. It has excited an interest among zoologists 

 from a peculiar resemblance in the formation of its feet to those of the hog. 



Fossil Moschid.e. — The fossil bones of several species of Musk-Deer have been found in India. 



