1847-] On Various Genera of the Ruminants. 693 



teeth £:£. Canines large. Cranium Cervine with the two planes gra- 

 dually blended. 



7. Genus Moschus. Kastura, Muskhi-Haran. 

 Mufle large, as in Deer. 



No eye-pits. 



No feet-pits. 



Large caudal gland with lateral pores. 



No inguinal pits. 



Calcic tuft and gland external and posteal. 



Large preputial gland and sac secreting the substance called 



musk, proper to males only. 

 Teats four. 



False hoofs very large, acute, and touching the ground. 

 Canines in both sexes : of males, large and exserted ; of 



females, small. 



Types, 1, Moschiferus. 2, Chrysogaster. 3, Leucogaster. 



Inhabit the great snowy mountain barriers of high Asia from the 

 Himalaya to the Altai, and from the Beluttag to the Peling and 

 Gajar. The Musks are confined to the snowy region amid the glassy 

 precipices of which they leap with a power and security far more than 

 Caprine, though owing to the unequal length of their legs they can 

 descend slopes only with difficulty and falling are caught. They cannot 

 climb at all, as Goats do, and are solitary. They rut in winter and 

 produce young in summer (May- June), gestating 160 days. In 6 

 weeks the young can shift for themselves and the mother drives them 

 off. They can procreate ere they are a year old, and live 10 to 15 

 years. One usually is produced at a birth in the cavities of the rocks. 

 Intestines 33 to 36 feet, whereof the small are 23 to 24, and the great 

 10 to 12 feet. Ccecum simple, 8 to 9 inches by 1 ; mean diameter of 

 gut 1 inch. Gall bladder* constant. (See Journal, Nos. 87 and 118, 

 and Gleanings, No. 34.) 



8. Genus Meminna. Pisora, Pise. 

 Mufle large. 



No eye-pits. 



No feet-pits. 



No groin-pits. 



Calcic gland nude and external. 



* Prof. Owen doubts this. I have tested it a dozen of times since Di\ Campbell 

 and I made the first examination in Nepaul. 



