EXTERNAL CHARACTERS OF CHEVROTAINS. 



noticeably larger relatively in Ilyemoschus than in the Oriental 

 fornKS. It is attached to the head by a broad base, the narrow 

 elongated cup-shaped base of the typical Ruminantia, in which 

 the ears are highly mobile, being undeveloped. The tragus is 



Text-figure 2. 



B 



A. Underside of head of Syemosclms aquaticus ( $ imniat.), showing tuft of 



interramal vibrissas. 



B. The same ot MoscJiiola memimia ( c? ad.). 



C. The s;\nie of Tragtilus javanicus ( (J ad.), showing the interramal gland. 



D. The same of Tragulus stanJeyanus. 



merely a small excrescence, but it is better defined in Moschiola 

 than in Hyemoschus and Tragulus. Low down towards the 

 posterior edge of the pinna there is a pair of short strengthening 

 ridges, and in front of these towards the anterior rim of the 



