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6. RUSA. 77 



^ 2, Eusa hippelaphus. (Tho Mijangan Banjoe.) 



Large ; blackish brown. Neck maned. Horns elongate, slender, 

 very granular ; upper snag generally long, and beam generally 

 much produced beyond it. 



Rusa hippelaphus, Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 209. 



Cervus hippelaphus, Pucheran, Archives du Museum, vi. t. 24. f. 1 



(horns) ; Schreber, Suppl. ii. t. 250 a ? 

 Cervus rusa, S. Mull. Verh. t, 43 (animal), t. 45. f. 1-4 (horns & slnill). 



Hah. Java. 



The larger Axis, Pennant's Quadrupeds, no. 58 (Cuvier, Oss. 

 Foss. iv. p. 40 ; Axis Pennantii, List Mamm. B. M. p. 180, from a 

 horn in the British Museum), appears to be only a very thick 

 variety of this species, which is peculiar for having very large 

 tubercles on the surface. 



3. Rusa moluccensis. B.M. 



Antlers elongate ; upper snag in front of the beam. Tail elon- 

 gate. Fur harsh. 



Cervus moluccensis, Qiwy ^- Gaimard. 

 Cervus (Rusa) moluccensis, S. Midler, Verh. t. 45. f. 5. 

 Rusa moluccensis. Gray, Knoiosley Menag. t. 43. 

 Cervus hippelaphus, var.. Gray, Cat. Ungid. p. 209. 



Hab. Java (B.M.) ; Batchian (B.M.). 



tt The upper stiag placed on the innei- part of the hinder side of the beam of 



the horn. 



V 4. Rusa equinus. (The Sambar.) B.M. 



Large ; blackish brown ; rump brownish. 



Rusa equinus, Grai/, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 210, t. 34, t. 31. f. 1, 2 



(skull and horns); Sclater, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 224. 

 Cervus equinus, S. Muller, Verh. t. 42 (animal), t. 45. f. 7-11 (horns 



and skull). 



Hah. Sumatra ; Borneo ; Assam (B.M.). 



The Assam skull in the British Museum is 14i inches long. 

 Readily distinguished from the Rusa from Java by its darker colour, 

 shorter hair, and stouter antlers. 



a. Rusa jxu-ado.va (Brehm, Bilder u. Skizzen, p. 18, with a wood- 

 cut), from the Mascarene Islands, and probably identical with the 

 C. rufus, stated by Blyth to have been introduced into the Mauri- 

 tius from Java. 



5. Rusa Swinhoii. (The Cheeang.) B.M, 



V\^i.'^ C«f¥«s Swinhoii, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 152, t. 17 ; Trans. Z. S. 

 \ vii. p. .349, f. 6 (head), t. 39 (animal); Wolfs Zool. Sketches, ii. 1. 17; 



Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 044, f. 5 (horns). 

 Cheeang, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 304. 



Hah. Formosa. 



