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Definition of Tragulus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Tragulidae.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Tragulidae, Tragulidae
Member holonyms: Kanchil, Tragulus Kanchil, Napu, Tragulus Javanicus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tragulus
Literary usage of Tragulus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History) by Richard Lydekker (1885)
"10, vol. iii. p. 118, and reproduced in the accompanying woodcut (fig. 15).
Presented by General Hardwich- ^. Fig. 15. Tragulus ..."
2. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"Tragulus NAPU. HABITAT.—Tenasserim and the Malay countries. DESCRIPTION.—Above
rusty brown, with three ... NATIVE NAME.—Napu. Tragulus napu. Tragulus ..."
3. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1904)
"The bright color alone is enough to separate it from Tragulus ... The color above
is slightly more yellow than that of Tragulus ..."
4. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1870)
"The coronoid process is small, as in Tragulus. The teeth generally resemble those
of the last-mentioned genus, but the molars are more ..."
5. Catalogue of Ruminant Mammalia: (Pecora, Linnæus) in the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1872)
"Nape without any dark central streak. 1. Tragulus ... (The Stanley Musk.)
BM Fulvous; chest and abdomen white. Tragulus ..."
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