MAMMALIA. PECORA. Muft. 293 



nifh altogether ; the tail is very fhort, and is hid in the fur. Near the prepuce is fituated the mufk 

 bag, or follicle, which is of a fomewhat oval figure, flat on one fide, and rounded on the other, hav- 

 ing a fmall open orifice. In young animals this bag is empty, but in adults it is filled with a clotted, 

 oily, friable matter, of a dark brown colour ; this is the true mulk, and the beft comes from Thibet, 

 that which is found in Siberia having fomewhat of the flavour of Caftor ; each bag contains from a 

 dram and a half to two drams. 



The upper jaw is much longer than the under, and is furnifhed on each fide with a flender tufk 

 two inches long, and hanging quite out of the mouth; the ears are long, narrow, and of a dark brown 

 on the outfide, the infide yellow; the long hairs, of which the fur is compofed, are afh coloured near 

 die bottom, black near the ends, and reddifh brown at the tips, being each marked with fhort waves 

 from top to bottom ; in fome the fore part of the neck is marked with long white ltripes, and the 

 back with pale brown perpendicular ftripes ; the hoofs are long, black, and much divided, and the 

 fpurious hoofs of the fore feet are very long ; the fcrotum is of a bright red colour, and the penis 

 very fmall. 



2. Indian Mufk. — 2. Mofchus indlcus. 2. 



Of a reddifh brown colour on the upper, and uniformly whitifh on the under parts of 

 the body ; the tail is fhortifh ; and the feet have fpurious hoofs. Schreber, v. t. ccxlv. 



Tragulus indicus, having fhort hair, of a tawny colour on the upper, and whitifh on the under 

 parts of the body. BrifT. reg. an. 322. n. 3. 



Inhabits India. — This fpccies is much of the fame fize with the former ; the head, however, re- 

 fembles that of a horfe, with erect, oblong ears, and the tail is longer and more perceptible ; the 

 legs are very flender. 



3. Pigmy Mufk, — 3. Mofchus pygmaeus. 3. 



Has no fpurious hoofs ; is of a tawny red colour on the upper, and white on the lower 

 parts of the body. Erxleb. mam. 322. n. 3. 



Mufk, having the legs fmaller than a man's finger. Syft. nat. ed. xii. 92 — Capra, or Goat, with 

 curved, conical, obtufe horns, furrowed on the fore parts. Syft. nat. ed. x. 69. — Tragulus guinen- 

 fis, with long hair of a dark tawny colour. BrifT. regn. an. 96. n. 2. — Cervus pufillus, or Small 

 Deer, of Guinea. Cerva parvula, or Small Doe, from Africa, without horns, and of a red colour. 

 Juvencus pergracilis, Beautiful Fawn, or Young Deer, from Africa. Cervus africanus, or African 

 Deer, with red fur. Seba, Muf. i. 70. 73. t. 43. f. 1. 2. 3. and t. 45. f. 1. Klein, quad. 22. — 

 Chevrotain des Indes orientales. Buff. hift. nat. fr. ed. xii. 315 and 341. t. 42. and 43. — Indian 

 Memina ? Sm. BufF. vii. 22. pi. cc. f. 1. — Guinea Mufk. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 57. Nat. mifcel. 

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Inhabits India, Java, and the other Indian iflands. — The body and head of this elegant little ani- 

 mal meafure only nine inches and a half long ; the tail is about an inch long ; the ears are long. It 

 is called Kant-chil by the Malayes, and Poet-jang by the inhabitants of Java. The two middle fore- 

 teeth are very broad, and the other fix very flender ; the tufks are finaH. 



