336 Mammals of Eastern Asia 
ish line down the front of each. The underparts are mixed brown 
and white. This animal is known from the part of Tenasserim 
that adjoins Siam, by only two specimens. It has been considered 
a relative of M. crinifrons of eastern China. 
The Roe Deer, Capreolus, medium to small-sized, almost 
tail-less Eurasian Deer standing from 26 to 34 inches at the 
Fig. 70. Roe Deer, Capreolus capreolus. 
shoulder, are neutrally colored, red-brown (summer) or gray- 
brown with the rump white (winter). The antlers are three- 
pointed, the beam dividing into a short branch pointed forward 
and a longer rear branch, which subdivides forward and back- 
ward to form the second and third points. The base of the beam 
is often rough and tuberculate. Roe are extremely fleet and ex- 
cellent jumpers. They are often found in pairs, rarely in herds. 
The fawns, usually twins, have three rows of white spots on the 
tawny ground color. 
The Siberian Roe Deer, C. capreolus pygargns, may have 
rugosities developed on the antlers as far up as the second fork. 
