RUMIiMANTIA. 
7 
Order Ruminantia. 
Fani. 
(Jen. Tragulua. 
Tragiilus Kanchil (Giay). 
Moschus Kanthil (Rafflee), 
I’ulaiidok (Malay name). 
Colour deep reddish brown, becoming very dark oii the back and 
crown of the head, and light on tlie flanks ; belly fulvous yellow ; 
dowui the nape of the neck is a decided stripe of the dark colour of 
the back, but of a still deeper shade ; a narrow white stripe extends 
along each side of the belly, and is continued down the inner side of 
the thigh } a similar stripe also runs down each side of the neck 
from the lower jaws (which are white) to the part betw'eeri the fore 
legs ; , a third intermediate stripe extends from the chest about half 
the way up the throat; between these stripes the colour on the 
throat is dark brown, as on the back. The upper surface of the 
tail is brown, and the low'er surface white. 
Length from nose to the tip of tail, 17 inches, 
,, of tail, 2 inches. 
„ of metatarsus, nearly 3| inches. 
„ of metacarpus, not quite 2 inches. 
These elegant little animals are rare in the island, and are 
very seldom seen, as they live anjong long grass. The Malays 
catcii them in snares, and the}^ are rery good eating, having 
much the flavour of Hare. The specimen from which the 
above description is taken, was caught alive, and soon 
became extremely tame ; it was very fond of the flower-buds 
of the Dillenm speciosay and a small species of Portulaca. 
* 
