204 RUSIN.E. 



I^oUi tins iind the spotted deer arc living in the Zoological (Jurden.s, 

 aud have bred there. 



Gen. Cervulus, Blainville. 

 Syn. Stijloceros, Smitie ; llunfjdcus, Gkay. 



('/lar. — Horns raised on high hairy pedicles, ■with only one small 

 basal snag. Large canines in the upper jaw in both sexes ; niuflle large ; 

 two conspicuous longitudinal facial creases ; tail rather short ; eye-pit3 

 very large and mobile ; largo foct-pits in the hind-feet ; no inguinal 

 pits ; no calcic tuft. 



The Muntjacs are deer of small size, inhabiting dense forests, and arc 

 peculiar to the Indian kingdom. I>y tlicir long canines and small 

 antlers they may bo said to form a link to the Moscliida', or Musk-deer, 

 but they do not, I think, enter that family, as Ijlyth has placed them. 



223. Cervulus aureus. 



Ham. Smith. — C. vag'uMlis, Boduakrt apud Blyth, Cat. 492.— (7. 

 Jiatwa, Hodgson, As. Res. XVIII. 130, with figure. — C. styloceros apud 

 Ogilby, Royle's 111. Bot. Ilimah pi. 5, f. 2. — G. albipes, Wagleu. — 

 C. Munfjac, apud Elliot, Cat. 53. — 0. moschatus, Blainville apud 

 PIoRSFiELD, Cat. 27G. — ]\ruutj(u'}in V(uj'ni(iJis, Gray, Cat. Mamm., and 

 Cat. Hodgson's Coll. — luikur, II., throughout Northern India. — Mctija, 

 Beng., in llungporo. — Ratwd, Nepal. — Karsiar, Bhot. — Sikkd or tSdkii, 

 Lei)ch. — Gutra and Gatri (m. and f) of Gonds, in Central India. — 

 Jiekra or Bekiir, Mahr. — Kda-kuri, Can. — Kukdijori, Tel. — Jangl'i- 

 baknty vulgb of Mussalmans of Southern India ; hence the name of 

 jum/le sheep in the Madras Presidency. Barking deer of sportsmen in 

 Bengal ; rib-faced deer of Pennant ; red hog-deer in Ceylon. 



The 1Iii5-ea(;ed or Barking Deer. 



Descr. — Colour a bi-ight rufous-bay ; limbs internally, pubic region, 

 and tail beneath, white; chin and lower jaw whitish ; some white spots 

 in fi'ont of the fetlocks of all four legs ; facial creases dark brown. 



Average length of male 3^ feet ; tail 7 inches ; height 20 to 28 

 inches ; horn 8 to 10 inches. 



The doe is a little smaller, and has bristly black tufts of hair on a 

 knob in the spot where the horns of the buck are. 



