THAMIN fis 
Skull and Antlers of Thamin. From a Burmese specimen. 
The THAMIN or ELD’S DEER (Cervus [Rucervus] eldi). 
Although belonging to the same group as the two preceding 
species, this deer is readily distinguished by the peculiar form of the 
antlers. These are rounded and rough, with a long curved brow-tine, 
forming a continuation of the curve of the beam, which is set at right 
angles to the pedicle; the beam unbranched for some distance, much 
curved, and finally forked, with the outer prong more subdivided than 
the inner. Height at shoulder about 4 feet 3 inches; weight from 
210 Ibs: to:245 lbs. There are three races of this species. First, the 
Burmese thamin (C. e/di typicus), ranging from near Manipur through 
Burma to the Malay Peninsula, in which the antlers are rounded 
throughout, and the coat is uniformly umber-brown. Secondly, the 
Manipur thamin (C. e/dz cornipes), in which the under-surface of the 
fetlock is horny instead of hairy. Thirdly, the Siamese thamin (C. 
eldi platyceros), from Siam and Hainan, in which the tips of the antlers 
are flattened with a number of small snags, and the coat is redder, with 
yellowish spots. Swamp-deer from the Central Provinces show a re- 
markable approximation in the form of their antlers to the present 
species, as shown in the figure on page 73. 
