570 VERTEBRATA. 
THE MUSK DEER. 
size ot a lien's egg, situated below tlie abdomen, and peculiar to the male. It is brown and unc- 
tuous, and may be pressed out through two apertures. It is the strongest and most pungent of 
perfumes ; the mere skin of the animal is sufficient to fill the place where it has been kept with a 
strong odor for a long time. In medicine it is used as an antispasmodic. The flesh of the ani- 
mal, though that of the male is rather highly seasoned with musk, is still eaten. The Musk-Deer 
MUSK BAG. 
is a native of Thibet, the province of Mohang Meng, in China, Tonquin, Bootan, &c. There 
are three other species: the Siberian Musk or Kubaya, Moschus Sibiricus ; the White-bel- 
lied Musk, M. leucogaster. found in Nepaul, and the Golden-eyed Musk, M. chrysogaster, 
also found in Nepaul. 
Genus TEAGULUS : Tragiilus. — Of this there are several species, all of small size. The Me- 
MiNNA, T. Meminna, is an exceedingly minute species, only about seventeen inches long ; the 
color is a gray-olive above and white below ; sides and haunches spotted, and barred with white ; 
weight, five to six pounds. It is a native of India, Ceylon, and Java. It is called Peesoreh by 
the Mahrattas. 
Stanley's Trauule, T. Stanleganus, is founa m Ceylon. Four living specimens of it were in 
1836 in the collection of the Earl of Derby at Knowsley. 
latter, and then shipped to Europe. The pods of this sort are in general larger, more oval, more compressed, and 
the margins often have large portions of the skin of the abdomen attached to them. The color of the hairs is a dirty 
milk-white. The musk exhibits a more homogeneous and less granular appearance, having a much fainter odor and 
taste than the preceding kind. The odor is augmented by moisture, but is somewhat nauseous and disagreeable. 
