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Cervus (Rusa) peronii, H. SiiiilJt, Gritfith's Aniiiud Kiiwdom, vol. v, 



p. 311, 1827. 

 Axis peronii, Jardine, Natm-alist's Libr., Mamm. vol. iii, p. 165, 



pi. xii, 1835. 

 Cervus rnssa timoriensis, MilUer ami SMegrl, Verli. Nat. GeschirJ. 



Nederland. Zool. pp. 212 and 220, 1844. 

 Cervus (Hippelaphus) peronii, Sundcvall, K. Svcnska Vcf.-Ak. 



Handl. 1844, p. 179, 1846. 

 Rusa peronii, Jardine, Naturalist's Libr., Mamm. vol. iii, p. 165, 



pi. xii, 1835 ; Gray, Knowsley Menagerie, p. 63, 1850, Cat. 



Ungidata Brit. Mus. p. 211, 1852, Cat. Buminants Brit. Mas. 



p. 78, 1872, Hand-List Buminants Brit. Mas. p. 150, 1873; 



Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 261, 1862; Fitzingcr, 



Sitzher. h. Ak. Wiss. IVien, vol. Ixviii, pt. 1, p. 355, 1873, 



vol. Ixx, pt, 1, 317, 1874 ; Garrod, Proc. Zool. Sac. 1877, p. 17. 

 Hippelaphus timoriensis, Heude, Mem. Hist. Nat. Emj), Chinois, 



vol. iii, p. 51, 1896. 

 Cervus hippelaphus timoriensis, Lydekl-cr, Deer of All Lands, 



p. 170, 1898. 



Rusa. 



Typical locality Timor. 



Type in Paris Museum. 



In its larger phase, a deer with the general form, coat, 

 and colouring of a sambar, but the ears smaller, the tail thin, 

 the hairs on the back banded with differently-coloured rings, 

 and the sides of the upper lip, chin, under-parts, and inner 

 sides of the thighs and buttocks more or less distinctly 

 whitish ; size medium ; antlers comparatively slender and 

 only moderately rugose, with the brow-tine of medium or 

 short length, and making a large acute angle with the beam ; 

 the hind, or inner tine of the terminal fork much longer 

 than the front, or outer, one, and forming the continuation 

 of the beam, from the front, or front-outer surface of which 

 the front tine arises as an offshoot ; the two antlers enclosing 

 a more or less distinctly lyrate space. Young uniformly 

 coloured ; hind-pasterns apparently with a glandular cleft. 



The three recognised races may be distinguislied as 

 follows :- — 



A, Size smaller. 



a. Neck distinctly maned C. f. timoriensis. 



h. Neck maneless C. t. moluccensis. 



B. Size larger C. t. tunjuc. 



