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III. CERVUS (HYELAPHUS) CALAMIANENSIS. 



Hyelaphus calamianensis, Heude, Mem. Hist. Nat. Emp. Chinois, 



vol. ii, p. 49, 1888. 

 Cer\'us culionensis, Elliot, Fidel Mas. Zool. Pub. vol. i, p. 157, 1897 ; 



Lydehher, Deer of All Lands, p. 173, 1898; Ward, Records of 



Big Game, ed. 6, p. 70, 1910. 

 Cervus (Hyelaphus) calamianensis, Lydehker, Field, vol. cv, p. 505, 



1905. 

 Cervi;s calamianensis, Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 70, 1910. 

 Rusa culionensis, Hollister, Pliilippine doarn. Sci. sect. D, vol. vii, 



p. 40, 1912. 

 Rusa calamianensis, Hollister, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas. vol. xlvi, p. 339, 



1913. 



Typical, and only, locality the island of Calaniianes, or 

 Culion, on tlie western side of the Philippine gronp to the 

 north of Palawan. 



As represented by the under-mentioned specimen, this 

 species is clearly a Hyela'phus and not a Rusa ; and as the 

 so-called C. cidioncnsis (which is considered by Hollister to 

 be inseparable from the present species) has the large 

 auditory bullae and long antler-pedicles of Hyelaphus, there 

 is good reason for referring it to that subgenus. 



As represented by the under-mentioned specimen, this 

 deer is distinguished from the type species by the shorter 

 and more stunted face, shorter and more rounded ears, and 

 the following details in colouring : — the white on the under 

 side of the lower jaw, instead of being restricted to the chin, 

 extends backwards to form a largish patch on the throat ; the 

 fore part of this throat-patch being separated from the jaw- 

 patch by a narrow bar of fawn ; there is a white moustache- 

 mark, and more white on the insides of their ears and at 

 their roots than in the typical hog-deer ; the legs are a 

 darker brown, and the back is bright golden brown, passing 

 into orange on the buttocks. 



Elliot described C. culionensis as a small deer with the 

 hind-quarters elevated, the head slender, the nose rather long 

 and pointed, the hair somewhat coarse and stiff, especially 

 on the flanks, where it is longest, the ears relatively long, 

 slightly rounded, and thickly haired externally, and the tail 

 rather liushy. As the antlers of the type were in velvet 

 and not fully developed, their characters could not be given. 



