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Somewhat resembling the ordinary porcupine, but lacking all signs of a 

 crest, and having a comparatively long tail, ending in a brush or tassel of 

 modified spines. 



" Fairly plentiful everywhere, though less so than Acanthion. A colony 

 exists in a semi-tame state on Mergui Island, where they are fed and 

 protected by 'Hypongyis'. Apparently quite similar in habits to Rystnx 

 and Acanthion. 



Weight. — 9 lbs. (immature). 



Vernacular name — Landakkechil (Malay, Bankachon)." — G. 0. S. 



(59) Traguius napu, F. Cuv. 

 The Large Malay Chevrotain. 



1822, Moschus napu, F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm., pi. 329. 



1891. Traguius napu, Blanford, Mammalia No. 373. 

 S 13, § 11, Bankachon. 



Geographically these should be the T. cane^cens of Miller but differ so 

 markedly in several characters from his description that 1 prefer to retain 

 the older name. 



The Malay Chevrotain closely resembles the Indian Chevrotain in form 

 and size, but differs altogether in colour. Above it is a buffy -brown with a 

 well marked black stripe commencing on the crown and running down the 

 back of the neck. Below it is white, with two diverging and broadening 

 dark stripes, which run backwards down the throat till they meet a some- 

 what paler collar at the base of the throat. 



" Practically swarming, equally with ravus, in the jungles round Banka- 

 chon, but not occurring further north, on the Tenasserim River. They are 

 easily caught in numbers by means of spring snares set in gaps of an 

 artificial ' brake ' of cut brushwood, constructed for the purpose. It is 

 however impossible to make a big bag by shooting, as they are so skulking 

 in their anofements that it is difficult to get a sight of them without an 

 organised beat. Although chiefly nocturnal, I have occasionally seen 

 animals of both these species crossing a track in the daytime, a thing 

 never witnessed with meminna, in Southern India. 



The sharp tusks possessed by the males, which are considered to be 

 poisonous by the natives of Java and S. India, are perhaps used as a 

 defence against small carnivores, when caught they did not try to use 

 them however, but merely kicked and struggled like a rabbit. When 

 caught they will often scream like a hare, and frequently died suddenly in 

 their struggles to escape from a net. 



The throat gland in both species was always covered with a clear, rather 

 sticky substance, that exuded in small beads, it was however quite odour- 

 less. In adults these glands are often much swollen. The female is the 

 heavier. 



Weight.— 8-12 lbs. 



Vernacular name. — Napu (Malay, Bankachon)." — G. C. S. 



(60) Tkagulus kanchil kavus. Mill. 

 The Little Malay Chevrotain. 



1891. Traguius javanicus, Blanford, Mammalia No. 372. 



1902. Traguius ravus, Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XV., p. 173. 



S 14, $ 9, Bankachon ; $ 1, Mergui ; $ 1, Thaget. 

 Miller's T. ravus was based on specimens from Trong. They are dis- 

 tinctly paler than Sumatran specimens but there is considerable variation 



