TBAGULTJS. 555 



interdigital, or iugiiinal glands. 8kull elongate and compressed 

 anteriorly ; occiput narrow. Brachydont and selenodout ; premolars 

 with a pointed triangular crown, the profile becoming almost tri- 

 cuspid with age ; upper canines in males long, exserted, short in 

 females. Mammae 4. Hair in all species fine and close. 



Siinoims of Indian, Ceylonese, and Burmese Species. 



a. Body spotted ; cliin and throat hairy 7'. meminna, p. •555. 



b. Body not spotted; skin between rami of 



mandible naked. 

 a'. Larger; hind foot and tarsus 5'6 to G 



inches T. aapu, p. 557. 



y. Smaller; hind foot and tarsus 4'4 to 5 



inches T.javanicus, p. 556. 



371. Tragulus meminna. The Indian Chcvrotain or House Deer. 





Fig. 182. — Tragulus meminna. 



Mosehus meminna, Erxl. Syst. Regn. An. p. 322 (1777) ; Sykes, P. 



Z. S. 1831, p. 104 ; miot, Mad. Jour. L. S. x, p. 220 ; ^Tickell, 



Calc. Jour. N. S. i, p. 420 ; Bbjth, J A. S. B. xi, p. 96. 

 Meminna indica, Gray, List Mam. B. M. 1843, p. 172 ; Kelaart, 



Prod. p. 81 ; Blyfh, Cat. p. 155 ; id. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 483 • 



Jerdon, Mam. p. 269. 

 Tragulus meminna, A. Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat. (5) ii, p. 160, 



pi. iii, fig. 2, pi. X ; W. Sclater, Cat. p. 189 ; Thomas, P. Z. S. 



1891, p. 385. 



Pisura, Pisora, Pisai, H., Mahr. ; Jitrai haran, Beug. ; Gandiva, Uria ; 

 Yar, IIo-Kol ; Kuru-pa7idi, Tel. ; Kuravi-pani, Tarn. ; Kur-pandi, Can. ; 

 Walmuha, Cing. 



No naked glandular area on throat. Tarsus hairy all round, 

 except behind close to the hock. Tail short. 



Colour. Upper parts brown, darker or paler, minutely speckled 

 with vellow ; the hairs brown at the base, black to\\ards the end, 



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