The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . ng it, not only from nearly every one ofour zoological text-books, whether British or Continental, but evenfrom works of the highest scientific pretensions. The family is now generally divided into two genera. Traguhls, containing the smallest of the existing Ungulates,animals having more of the general aspects and habits of someRodents, as the Agoutis, than of the rest of thei
The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . ng it, not only from nearly every one ofour zoological text-books, whether British or Continental, but evenfrom works of the highest scientific pretensions. The family is now generally divided into two genera. Traguhls, containing the smallest of the existing Ungulates,animals having more of the general aspects and habits of someRodents, as the Agoutis, than of the rest of their own order. Tliebest-known species are T. javanicics, T. napii, T. kanchil, Tstanlcyanus, and T. mcmmina. The first four are from the MalayPeninsula, or the islands of the Indo-Malayan Archipelago, thelast from Ceylon and Hindustan. Hyomoschtcs is distinguished chiefly by the feet being stouter andshorter, the outer toes better developed, and the two middle meta-carpals not ankylosed together. Its dental formula (as that ofTragidus) is i -IJ, c {, p ^, m| = 34. Vertebrs : C7, D13, L 6,S5, C 12-13, The only existing species, J(. aguaticus {fig. Ill),from the west coast of Africa, is rather larger than any of the. Fig. 111.—Afiican Wntur Clievrotain (Ifucmosd^us aqiiaticus), Asiatic Chevrotains, which it otherwise much resembles, but it issaid to frequent the banks of streams, and have much the habits ofPigs, It is of a rich browu colour, with back and sides spottedand dtri)ied with white. It is evidently the survivor of a veryancient form, as remains of a species only differing in eize {) have been found in Miocene deposits at Sansan, depart-ment of Gers, France. III. PeCORA or COTYLOPHOKA. No premaxillary teeth or caniniform premolars. Upper caninesgenerally absent, though sometimes largely developed. Inferiorincisors, three on each side with an incisiform canine in contactwith them. Molariform teeth consisting of jo ^, m §, in con-tinuous series. Auditory buUiC si
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