70 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
Head of Hog-Deer. 
The HOG-DEER or PARA (Cervus [Hyelaphus] porcinus). 
In the group typified by the hog-deer the antler-pedicles are long, 
the bulla of the skull is large, and the pit for the face-gland much less 
deep than in the sambar group, while the nasal bones are not ex- 
panded superiorly, and the tail is shorter. Inthe Philippines the group 
(Hyelaphus) is represented by the Philippine hog-deer C. calamizenensis, 
and by the species named C. culionensis. The Indian hog-deer is not 
dissimilar to the Bavian deer, but the antlers are larger, the build longer 
and lower, and the summer coat of the adult, as well as that of the 
young, spotted with yellowish white. General colour in winter rufous or 
yellowish brown, somewhat speckled above, and much darker beneath ; 
in summer, upper-parts paler and more or less spotted. Antlers on 
long pedicles, with the hind tine of the terminal fork the shorter. 
Height at shoulder from about 25 to 29 inches. Weight about 90 to 
100 lbs. A pair of antlers belonging to a specimen shot by Mr. A. O. 
Hume in the Ganges Khadir, near Meerut, measured 20 inches along 
the beam inside, and had a mid-beam girth of 3.5 inches. 
Distribution.—India, throughout the Indo-Gangetic plain from Sind 
and the Punjab to Assam, thence through Sylhet to Burma, Tenas- 
serim, and Siam. The Siamese race (C. p. heckz) differs from the 
typical hog-deer by its superior size and the absence of spots. 
