SCHOMBURGKS DEER. 



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SCHOMBURGK'S DEER (Cervus schomburgki). 



[Sir Victor Brooke, Bart., P.Z.S. 1876, p. 306.] 



Adult Male. — Antlers with very long powerful brow-antlers, 

 which are frequently forked ; beam very short, and more or less 

 laterally compressed ; upper part of the antlers strictly dichotomous, 

 each of the main branches about equally developed, and in itself 

 dichotomous, and furnished with long cylindrical tines. External 

 surface of the antlers smooth and polished. Hair in winter rather 

 long and coarse. General colour uniform brown, darkest on the 

 nose and upper surface of the tail, and lightest on the cheeks and 

 lower parts of the sides and haunches. Lower lip, belly, and under 

 surface of tail whitish. Upper lip, occiput, and limbs with a decided 

 tinge of rufous. The hair on the front of the metacarpal cannon 

 bones is lengthened into an everted mane about 2 inches in length. 



Immature Male. — Antlers with the posterior of the two main 

 branches less developed than the anterior branch. 



Habitat — Northern parts of Siam. 



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