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THE NAPU MUSK. 
Moschus Javanicus Kaffi,K3 
PLATE IV. 
Mosclius Javanicus, Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xiii. 
In GrilGth’s Synopsis of Quadrupeds, five species 
of these pretty little animals are described. Mr 
Bennett, in the “ Gardens of the Zoological Society, 
however, naakes only four ; and in our present state of 
knowledge we are inclined to follow this naturalist. 
With the exception of the Moschus Meniina, a native 
of Ceylon, and distinguished from the others by the 
spots, they are all natives of Java and Sumatra, and 
are closely allied, the synonymy of the one being often 
applied to the others. Our present figure is reduced 
and redrawn from the lithographic plate of Frederic 
Cuvier’s Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes ; and 
we add the description which Mr Bennett has given 
of those alive in the Zoological Society s Menageiie. 
“ In size, it is about equal to a full-grown hare : 
its colour above is dark glossy feri uginous-hrown, 
resulting from the intermixture of black and blown 
coloured hairs, somewhat lighter along the middle 
line of the back, and varying in intensity according 
