( lie ) 
Length of Tusk 
Place. 
Remarks. 
Inches. 
3f 
Gurhwal 
Lieut. G. W. Burton. 
3 t § 
Ditto ••• ••• ••• 
Ditto. 
3 
Kumaon 
Capt. G. K. Ckanner. 
3 
Kashmir 
Capt. S. H. Charrington. 
THE INDIAN MOUSE DEER OR CHEYROTAIN. 
Tragulus Meminua. Native names : Pisura, Pisai, Hind., Mahr. ; Mugi , 
Central India ; Turi-maoo, Gond. Jitra Hurin, Beng. ; Gandwa , Oorya ; 
Kurupandi, Tel.; Kurampani, Tam. 
Habitat. —Southern Indian forests up to 2,000 feet. Orissa, Chota Nag- 
pore, the Central Provinces and along the Western Ghats to North of Bombay. 
Description. —The upper parts are brown, minutely speckled with yellow ; 
sides spotted w r ith white or buff, the spots elongating into longitudinal bands, 
lower parts wdiite, three white strips on the throat. 
It never ventures into the open, but keeps among rocks. It breeds at the 
close of the rains, is timid and easily tamed. 
Measurements. —-Average height at shoulder, 10 inches ; length from nose 
to root of tail, 18 inches ; weight, 5 to 6 lbs. 
