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CERVrMD.T;. 



' 2. Cervulus curvostylis. B.M. 



Peduncles of the horns angularly recurved just near the base, and 

 nodulose at the iipp(>r side of the base. Skull rather broad ; the 

 cheek-pit very large. 



Cervulus eurvostylis, Gray. 



Hah. Siam : Pachehon {Mouliot). 



May be only an accidental variation ; but if so, it is extraordinarily 

 regular. Length of tooth-Une 2;^ inches. 



^ 3. Cervulus tamulicus. (Barker.) B.M. 



8kull : tooth-line shorter than in C. moschatus, 2^ inches long ; 

 cheek-pit smaller, more circular. 



Cervus nunitjac, Si/krs, P. Z. S. 18.31, p. 104. 

 Kaleeatoo, or Stag Deer of the Taniouleans, Hardwiche. 



Hah. Southern India : the Deccan {Syhes 6f Elliot). 



" Deep chestnut, becoming browner as the animal grows old. Had 

 many bred in his park, and never observed the young to ])e spotted." 

 —Elliot. 



a. Cervulus vaginalis. (The Kijang or Muntjac.) Cervidus va- 

 ginalis, Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 217. Hah. Sumatra ; Java. 



b. Cervus (Muntjac) pMlippinus, H. Smith, GriiSth's Anim. King, 

 iv. p. 187, t. 164. f. 5, V. p. 803. Hah. PhiHppine Islands. 



•* Head xhort. Skidl short, broad. Nuse from the front of the orbit the 

 same lemjth as from, the front of the orbit to the occiput. Cheek-pits 

 very larr/e. Molars broad, forming a short series. 



4. Cervulus Reevesii. (The Chinese Muntjac.) B.M. 



Fur reddish, minutely punctulated with yellow-grey ; nape and 

 back of the neck with a distinct black central line ; outside of the 

 legs blackish brown. Fawn darker, jnuictulated ; sides of face, throat, 

 and underpart of body pale vellowish ; crown and nuchal streak 

 black. (Skull, tab. 2. f. 3.) 



I ] Cervi(( Eeevesii, Gray, Cat. Unqul. B. M. p. 220 ; 8icinhoc, P. Z. S. 



iAM^ I 18(32, p. 361, 1870, p. 644. 



Hah. China. Found from Canton to Ningpo, and in Formosa 

 (Sivinhoe, B.M.). 



Length of skull o| inches ; length of nose from front of orbit 

 2| inches ; length of tooth-line l§ inch, of nose beyond tootli-line 

 1| inch ; intermaxillaries short and broad ; width of lower edge 

 of orbit 21 inches. T. II. f. 3. 



