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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 



PAPERS. 



1. On the External Characters of existing Chevrotains. 

 By R. I. PococK, F.R.S., F.Z.S. 



[Received February 4, 1919 : Read Pebruarj' 18, 1919.] 



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Generic names 1 



Coloration 2 



Rliinarium 3 



Facial vibrisste 4 



Interramal gland 4 



External ear 4 



Tail and subcaudal area 7 



Legs 7 



Penis 8 



Incidence of generic characters 10 



Diagnoses of the genera 10 



Generic names. —Gray (Cat. Rum. Mamm. Biit. Mus. pp. 97- 

 99, 1872) referred the Chevrotains to two families : the Tragnlidje 

 for the Oriental species, and the Ilyemoschidfe for the single 

 West African form. Furthermore he admitted two genera of 

 Tragulidfe, namely Meminna or, as it should have been, Memina 

 according to his original spelling of the name in 1821 (Med. 

 Repos. XV. p. 307) for the spotted Indian and Ceylonese species 

 meminna, and Tragidus for the unspotted species occuri-ing to 

 the east of the Bay of Bengal. 



The family Hyemoschidse does not appear to have been adopted 

 by later writers, and the genus constituting it has been usually 



Proc. Zool. See— 1919, No. I. 1 



