KUMINANTS. 



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The Musks are, however, more especially remarkable for the posses- 

 sion of a pouch, situated beneath the abdomen, which is filled with 

 that odoriferous substance so well known in medicine and perfumery 

 by the name of mush This species appears to be proper to that rocky 

 country extending between China and Thibet. It is a nocturnal and 

 solitary animal, and its timidity is extreme. 



The other Musks have no musk-pouch. They all inhabit the hot 

 countries of the Old Continent, and are the smallest and most elegant 

 of the Ruminants (Fig. 429). 



BUMINANTS WITH HOKNS. 



All the other Euminants are provided (at least, 

 the male sex) with two horns ; that is to say, with 

 projections of greater or less length, derived from 

 the frontal bones, and which do not exist in any 

 other animals. These horns are of three kinds. 



Sometimes, as in the Giraffe, they are enveloped 

 in a hairy skin, continuous with that of the head, and 

 are never shed. 



FIG. 430. STAG'S HORN IN SUCCESSIVE YEAES. 



Sometimes, as in the Stags, the horns are shed 

 annually; during their early growth they are 



