254 PYGMY MUSK. 



shaped like that of a horse, upright oblong ears, 

 and slender legs. It is a native of India, 



PYGMY MUSK. 



Moschus Pygmasus. M, supra fusco-rvfiis, svbtus alhus, ungu^ 

 lis succenturiatis jiullis* Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 173. Erxl. 

 7namm. p. 322. n. 3, 



Reddish brown Musk, white beneath, without false hoofs. 



Moschus Pygmaeus. M. pedikus digito humano angustioribusc 

 Lin. Svsf. Nat. 12. ed. p. 92. 



Cerva parvula Afiicana, &:c. Seb. mm. i. p. 70. t. ^S-f- I3 3^ 



Le Chevrotain. Biif. 12 p, 341. pi. 42, 43. 



Guinea Musk. Fennant Quadr. i. p. 127^ 



This most elegant little animal is considerably 

 smaller than a domestic cat, measuring little more 

 than nine inches from the nose to the tail. Its 

 colour is bright bay, white beneath and on the 

 insides of the thighs. Its shape is beautiful, and 

 the legs are so slender as not to exceed the dia- 

 meter of a swan quill : the head is rather large, 

 the ears and eyes large, and the aspect mild : in 

 the upper jaw are two tusks : the tail is about an 

 inch in length, and the feet are remarkable for 

 having no appendicular or false hoofs, by which 

 mark this species may be distinguished from some 

 others, not only of this genus, but of that of 

 telope, to which it is nearly allied in size and ge- 

 neral appearance. It is a native of many parts 

 of the East Indies and the Indian islands, and is 

 said to be most common in Java, where the natives 



