Definition of Tragulus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Tragulidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Tragulus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Tragulidae, Tragulidae
Member holonyms: Kanchil, Tragulus Kanchil, Napu, Tragulus Javanicus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tragulus

Trafalgar
Trafalgar Square
Trafford
Tragelaphus
Tragelaphus angasi
Tragelaphus buxtoni
Tragelaphus eurycerus
Tragelaphus imberbis
Tragelaphus scriptus
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Tragopogon
Tragopogon dubius
Tragopogon porrifolius
Tragopogon pratensis
Tragulidae
Tragulus
Tragulus Javanicus
Tragulus kanchil
Trajan
Tralee
Trandate
Trans-New Guinea
Trans-Siberian
Trans-Tasman
Transalpine Gaulish
Transcaucasia
Transcaucasian
Transcaucasian SFSR
Transcaucasians
Transcaucasus

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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