Zool. [ad. mod.L. Tragulus, dim. of tragus, Gr. τράγος goat.] A quadruped of the genus Tragulus, or of the family Tragulidæ of ruminants, found in India and Java, resembling small hornless deer; a chevrotain. So Tragulid, one of the Tragulidæ; Traguline a., belonging to the Tragulina; also applied to a group of goat-like antelopes including the steenbok, Nanotragus tragulus; Traguloid a., akin in form to the Tragulidæ; sb. a member of this group.
1878. Bell, trans. Gegenbaur’s Comp. Anat., 559. This third portion [of the stomach] is wanting in the Tragulidæ and Tylopoda.
1883. List Anim. Zool. Soc., 176. Family Tragulidæ. Genus Tragulus [3 species].
1891. Cent. Dict., Tragule…. Traguline…. Traguloid, a.
1891. Flower & Lydekker, Mammals, 307. Leptomeryx, from the Miocene of the United States, is regarded as a Traguloid.
1896. trans. Boas’ Text Bk. Zool., 509. The Tragulids (Tragulidæ) form a circumscribed group of small Ruminants without antlers;… in most respects nearly allied to the Cervidæ.
