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Mammals, p. 306, 1893 ; Merriam, Science, ser. 2, vol. i, p. 375, 

 1895 ; Lydekker, Great and Small Game of India, etc. p. 253, 

 1900, Game Animals of India, etc. p. 272, 1907 ; Bonhote, Ann. 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. xi, p. 296, 1903 ; Hauxwell, Journ. 

 Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. vol. xviii, p. 902, 1908. 



INDIAN CHEVROTAIN, or MOUSE-DEER : MEMMINNA. 



Typical locality probably southern India; the range 

 includes the larger forests of Peninsular India and Ceylon, 

 and, according to Hauxwell, Burma. 



The type species (vide Merriam, op. cit.). 



Size relatively large, shoulder-height 10 to 12 inches, 

 basal skull-length about 3|- inches (97 mm.); no naked 



FIG. 46. SKULL OF INDIAN CHEVROTAIN (Tragulus mcminna). 



glandular area on under side of chin and throat ; tarsus hairy 

 all round, except behind, close to the hocks; tail short; 

 general colour brown, darker or paler, minutely speckled 

 with yellow; the individual hairs brown at base, black 

 towards end, with a yellow ring a short distance from tip ; 

 sides spotted with white or buff on a brown ground, the spots 

 elongate and passing into longitudinal bands ; under-parts 

 white ; throat with three white stripes, one in the middle 

 pointed in front, and an oblique one on each side. 

 50, a. Skin, young. Madras. 



Presented ly Sir Walter Elliot. 



