napu
(ˈnɑːpuː)
[a. Malay nāpu.]
The musk-deer of Java and Sumatra.
| 1820 Raffles in Trans. Linn. Soc. (1822) XIII. 261 Moschus. The Malays distinguish three species or varieties of this genus, viz. the Napu,..the Kanchil.., and the Pelandok. 1870 Nicholson Man. Zool. (1875) 614 The musk-gland is wanting in the Napu (Moschus Javanicus) of Java. |