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provided with a somewhat naked, concave, subglandular, callous disk, 

 placed between the rami of the lower jaw, from which a band ex- 

 tends to the fore part of the chin ; and they have no musk-bag. 

 Like all the other species of the Linnean genus Moschus, they have 

 false hoofs ; and most of them have the edges of the lower jaw, 

 three diverging bands on the chest, and the under surface of the 

 body more or less purely white. The species of this division scarcely 

 differ in colour in the various stages of their growth ; the young 

 fawn resembling the adult in every particular except in size. 



In this division, the synonymy of which is extremely confused, 

 Mr. Gray reckons four species, two of which he describes as new, 

 arranging and characterizing them as follows : 



MoscHus Javanicus. Mosch. ferrugineus nigra variegatus ; collo 

 saturate bruniiso griseo nebulato ; menti margine, strigis pec- 

 toralibus tribus postice latioribus, pectore, abdomine, femoribus 

 interne, cauddque subtiis, albis ; pedibus, capitis lateribus, prym- 

 ndque nitidefulvis ; occipite nigrescenti. Long. corp. capitisq\ie 

 simul poll. 24 ; metatarsi 4l poll. 

 Moschus Javanicus, Gmel., Syst. Nat. 1. p. 174. ex Pallasio. 

 Raffles in Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 261 ? Benn., Zool. Gard., p. 41. 

 Tragulus Javanicus, Pall., Spic. Zool. xii. p. 18. in notd, 

 Moschus Indicus, Gmel., Syst. Nat. 1, p. 172. 

 Cervus Javanicus, Osbeck, Iter, p. 273. 

 Moschus Napu, F. Cuv. Mamm. t. 

 Chota Beta, Rou de Ramon, Cab. Madr. t. 9. 

 Hab. in Insulis Jav^ et Sumatra. 



Tliis species, Mr. Gray states, is at once known by its larger size, 

 pale colour, and the white of the entire under surface of the body, 

 with the exception of the two longitudinal dusky stripes which sepa- 

 rate the three white stripes of the chest from each other, and of a 

 simple narrow pale band across the chest. 



2. Moschus Kanchil. Mosch. fulvus, nigrescenti variegatus; nu- 

 cha strigd latd nigrd longitudinali; guld, colli corporisque lateribus, 

 pallide flavescentibus, pilis nigro-apiculatis ; antipedibus nitide 

 fulvis ; menti marginibus, strigis tribus pectoralibus, pectore, 

 abdomine, femoribus postice, cauddque subtiis, albis ; pectore ab- 

 domineque strigd longitudinali, in illo saturatiore, in hoc palli- 

 diore. Long, capitis corporis({\xQ simul poll. 20 ; metatarsi 3-^ 

 poll. 



Moschus Kanchil, Raffles in Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 262. 



Le Chevrotain adulte, Buffon, Hist. Nat. torn. xii. p. 344. 



Le Chevrotain de Java, Buffon, Hist. Nat. Suppl. tom. vi. p. 219. 

 t. 30. 



Javan Musk, Shaw, Zool. t. 173, ex tab. Bufon. 



Hab. in Javd. 



This species Mr. Gray states to be easily distinguishable from the 

 former by its smaller size ; darker colour; the strength and distinct- 

 ness of its nuchal streak ; the width of the band across its chest. 



