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Tragulus javanicus, A. Milne-Edw. t. c pp. 103, 157, pi. ii, tig. 1 ; 



Blyth^ P. Z. S. 18G4, p. 483 ; Thomas, P. Z. S. 1891, p. 385. 

 Tragulus pelaudoc, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxvii, p. 277 ; id. Cat. p. 156. 

 Ytin, Burmese ; Kanchil, Pelandoc, Malay. 



A naked glandular area beneath the chin, between the rami of 

 the mandible; tarsus naked behind throughout, carpus ahnost 

 naked behind. Tail long. 



Colour. Above brown, more or less rufous. Back ia old indivi- 

 duals nearly black, but always more or less mixed with rufous or 

 yellow, from some of the hairs having a yellow ring near the end. 

 Hair at base light brown. Sides paler ; nape and upper surface of 

 neck almost or quite black, contrasting with the light brown of the 

 sides. Lower parts white, variously mixed with light rufous and 

 usually with a median narrow brown or rufous line throughout the 

 breast, in front of this is a brown cross band and on the fore neck 

 an arrowhead-like brown mark, sometimes imperfect, with three 

 white stripes, one median, within the arrow-head, the other two 

 diverging, one on each side, outside of it ; the last two joining on 

 the throat. Eump rufous, inside of thighs and intermediate space 

 always white ; tail rufous-brown above, white below. 



Dimensions. The largest adults measure : nose to root of tail 18*5 

 inches, tail 3 {Cantor)., tarsus and hind foot 4*4 to 5. Basal length 

 of a male skull 3-4, extreme length 3*95 ; zygomatic breadth 1'9. 



Distribution. Malay Peninsula and Islands, extending as far 

 north as Yay in Tenasserim, also to Cambodia and Cochin China. 

 This species is common in Sumatra and Java. 



Habits. Very similar to those of T. msminna. This chevrotain 

 inhabits dense thickets and is said to be very abundant in the 

 mangrove-jungle along the coast of Tenasserim and the Malay 

 Peninsula. It is timid and very delicate, though it is easily tamed, 

 and occasionally has been known to breed in confinement. It pro- 

 duces one or two young at a time. Except the Eoyal Antelope, 

 Nanotragus pygmceus, the present is the smallest living Ungulate. 



373. Tragulus napu. The larger Malay Chevrotain. 



Moschus javanicus, Raffies, Tr. L. S. xiii, p. 262 ; Gray, P. Z, S. 



1836, p. 64 ; nee Gmdin. 

 Moschus napu, F. Ciiv. Hist. Nat. Mam. pi. 329 (1822). 

 Tragulus javanicus, Gray, List Mam. B. M. 1843, p. 173; Canttr, 



J. A. S. B. XV, p. 269 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxvii, p. 277; id. Cat. 



p. 155. 

 Tragulus fuscatus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxvii, p. 278. 

 Tragulus napu, A. Milne-Edw. An. Sci. Nat. (5) ii, pp. 106, 158, 



pi. ii, fig. 2, pi. viii; Blyth, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 483; Blanford, J. A. 



S. B. xlvii, pt. 2, p. 166 ; Thomas, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 71, 1891, p. 385; 



W. Sclater, Cat. p. 190. 



Napu, Malay. 



A naked tract on the throat, the tarsus naked behind, and the tail 

 long as in T. javanicus. Size larger. 



2 p 2 



