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Genus V. NEOTRAGUS. 
Type. 
Neotragus, H. Sm. Griff. An. K. v. p. 349 (1827) N. pyemMazus. 
Tragulus, Ogilb. P. Z. S. 1836, p. 138 (nec Pall.) . . N. pyemats. 
Minytragus, Glog. Naturg. p. 154 (1841) . . . . .... . . N. Pyemmus. 
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Spinigera, Less. N. Tabl. R. A., Mamm. p. 178 (1842). . PYGMAUS. 
Nanotragus, Sund. Pecora, K. Vet. -Ak. Handl. 1844, p. 191 (1846) . PYGMAUS, 
Size very small. No auricular glands nor accessory hoofs. ‘Tail of median 
length. 
Skull with its muzzle unusually well ossified, so that there are no ante- 
orbital vacuities, nor extra vacuities in the maxillo-premaxillary suture. 
Anteorbital fossze very large. Nasal opening a vertical oblong, its sides not 
bowed outwards. 
Horns excessively small, their length less than the diameter of the orbit ; 
laid right back on the sides of the crown in the direction of the facial profile. 
Distribution. West Africa. 
Only one species of this genus is known. 
