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UNGULATES. 
in height at the shoulder, and clothed with peculiarly coarse, brittle, and rather 
long hair, somewhat resembling pith in structure. In addition to the absence of 
antlers, the skull is characterised by the presence of tusks, which in the males may 
be as much as 3 inches in length, and project considerably below the mouth. 
All the limbs are of considerable length, and the hinder pair are longer than the 
front ones; the hoofs are narrow and pointed, and the lateral pair unusually large. 
The ears are very large and the tail is short, terminating in the male in a tuft, but 
MALE AND FEMALE MUSK DEER (,'* nat. size). 
hairy throughout in the female. The male has a peculiar sac-like gland in the 
skin of the abdomen, which yields the musk of commerce. The general colour of 
the fur is a rich dark brown, more or less speckled and mottled with grey and 
tawny; the individual hairs having black tips, beneath which is a ring of white, 
while for three-quarters of their length they are white at the base. The chin, the 
inner borders of the ears and the inside of the thighs, and not unfrequently a spot 
on each side of the throat, are whitish, while the under-parts and the inner surfaces 
of the limbs are paler than the body. Some individuals are, however, considerably 
paler than ordinary, while in others there is a more or less marked yellowish tint; 
and others, again, are blacker. The young are spotted. 
The musk-deer is found throughout the Himalaya as far west as 
Gilgit, and thence extends through Central Asia into Siberia. In 
Distribution. 
