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and legs darker; line down the front and the inside of the thighs 
white. 
Porcine Deer, Pennant, Syn. 42. t. 8. f. 2.—Cerf Cochon, Buffon, 
Supp. iii. 122.t.18 (in summer) .—Cervus porcinus, Zimmerm.; Schreb. 
t. 251; F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lithog. t. .—Hyelaphus porcinus, Sun- 
dev. Pecora, 58; Gray, Knows. Menag. 64. t.42; Cat. Ost. B. M. 67. 
—Axis porcinus, Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, x. 914; Gray, 
Cat. Hodgson’s Coll. B. M. 33.—Cervus niger, Hamilton, Icon. ined.; 
Blainv. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1816, 76; Fischer, Syn. 454 ; Sundey. Pe- 
cora, 60. 132. 
Inhabits India. 
Easily known from the Avis by being lower on its legs, and there 
is no distinct black dorsal streak, nor white streak on haunches; the 
tail bushy, and often carried erect: the males and females in summer 
are reddish brown, with numerous white spots, the middle of the back 
rather darker ; in winter the whole fur becomes blackish brown, and 
the spots disappear: the horns are generally short, with only short 
snags or branches, but they are sometimes as large as those of the 
Axis Deer. 
10. Cervu us, Blainv. 1816; Muntjacus, Gray, 1821; 
Stylocerus, H. Smith; Prow, Ogilby, Sundev. 
Horns on elongated pedicels, supported by longitudinal ridges on 
the face, which have a naked, moist groove on their side; the canine 
teeth are exserted; the tear-bags are large and deep; the tail elon- 
gate and tufted; the hoofs triangular, and partly united in front by 
a web; the false hoofs are small and transverse; they are covered 
with thin shining hair, and are not spotted; they have no tuft of hair 
on the hind-legs; skull with a very large, deep, nearly hemispherical 
suborbital pit. 
1. CervuLus VAGINALIS. The Kisane or Muntsac. 
Dark reddish brown ; narrow streak on the front edge of the thigh 
white. 
Kijang, Marsden, Sumatra, 94.—Cervus Muntjac, Zimm. Schreb. 
t. 254; Horsfield, Java, vi.t.1; Raffles, Mem. 645.—Prox Muntjac, 
Sundeyv. Pecora, 61.—Cervus vaginalis, Bodd, Elenc. i. 1386.—C. sub- 
cornutus, Blainv. Schreb. t. 254 pn. f. 2.—Muntjacus vaginalis, Gray, 
Cat. Mamm. B. M. 173.—Cervus aureus, H. Smith, G. A. K. iv.148. 
t. .v.805.—Ribbed-face Deer, Penn.—Chevreuil des Indes, Allam, 
Buff. Supp. v. 41. t. 17, vi. 195. t. 26; Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. t. 5. 
f. 48, t. 3. f. 49, 54.—Cervulus vaginalis, Gray, Knows. Menag. 65. 
Inhabits Sumatra; Java. 
This chiefly differs from the following in being darker-coloured. 
2. CrervuLus moscuatus. The KeGan or KAKkeEr. 
Bright reddish yellow; streak on front of thigh and under part of 
the tail white ; chin and gullet whitish ; hair not ringed. 
Var. With a triangular white spot on each side of the chest. 
Musk Deer of Nepal, Ouseley, Orient. Collect. ii. t. .—Cervulus 
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