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THE COMMON MUSK. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Two long tufks in the upper jasv. 



Eight fmall cutting teeth in the lov/er jaw, none in tlie xipper. 



Pennant,- 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 



Mufli with a cyft or follicle beneath the belly. 



Tibet Mufl<. 



Pemmnl. ^adr. ill. 



Le Mufc. jD(? Buffon. la. 361. 



• rT|"^HIS animal is principally diftinguiflied from thofe of the Deer kind by 

 jL the want of horns, and by the prefence of tuflcs, or long canine, teeth 

 in the upper jaw, projefting greatly beyond the reft, and pointing downwards. 

 Its fize is nearly that of a Roebuck ; its general colour a fort of dark brownifh 

 gray, not 'without a flight call of ferruginous, and in fome fpecimens, (as in 

 the prefent) the hind-parts are marked with a few whitifli longitudinal ftreaks. 

 Tlie hoofs are long and of a blackifl-i colour ; the tail very fliort and even 

 fcarce perceptible. The female is faid to be dillinguifhed by the want of 

 tufks, as well as of the receptacle containing the muflc, whicli is peculiar to 

 the male. 



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