346 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
bases of the hairs; the under-parts, shoulders, and thighs being rusty 
red. There is, however, great local variation; some races being 
wholly or mainly rufous and others black, while the lower portion of 
the legs may be white or rufous or a mixture of both. The form 
of the skull also differs. Height at shoulder from about 34 to 38 
inches. Weight, 120 to 190 lbs. 
Distribution.—Typically from Sumatra, but ranging from Yunnan and 
Sze-chuen to the Eastern Himalaya, occurring throughout the 
elevated tracts of Assam, Burma, Siam, and the Malay Peninsula. 
In the Sumatran race the limbs are wholly rusty ; in the Darjiling 
NV. s. jamracht the lower portions of the legs are mingled rufous 
and white, while in the Nepalese WV. s. bubalinus they are white. 
The Chamba JW. s. vodont is dark, with under-fur ; but in the 
Kashmiri V. s. humez the head is rufous brown, and in the 
Arakan JV. s. rub¢dus bright rufous. The Malay J. s. sqwettenhami 
and JV. s. robinsont are almost wholly black, as is the Sze-chuen 
NV. s. milne-edwardsi. \n rubtdus the nasal bones are very short ; 
in szvettenhami they are longer and narrower, and the profile of 
the skull is more vaulted. 
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A.—EASTERN RACES. 
Length on  Cireum- 
Gon uuive: ORREREE Tip to Tip. Locality. Owner. 
1013 5 1g 3urma : : . O. F. Wheeler-Cuffe. 
105 6 5 Do. : s . A, 1. Bacon: 
-104 52 5 Ta-chi-lu, China . M. Mitchell. 
—10$ 54 ae Upper Burma . . H. Shaw Dunn. 
—9} 5 53 Arakan Hills. 5 eX, (O), dishonor, 
92 44 43 Burma ; ‘ . British Museum (IIume Collection). 
-9} 5 4h Do. F : » OH Ee Walshe: 
9 5 2 Sumatra. , . British Museum (Hume Collection). 
=o) 5 5 Burma é ‘ - dieut:-Col! G. H. Evans: 
29 43 set Upper Burma. . H. Shaw Dunn. 
-8, 53 4} Manipur. . . Major H. S. Wood. 
8% 54 so ? H. E. Stephens. 
82 54 43 Muleyit . : . A. ©; Hume; 
—$# 4g 2% Perak : : . Perak Museum. 
8} 53 33 Upper Burma. . H. O. Whittall. 
82 5 34 Do. : . Capt. L. Trevor Goff. 
- Owner's measurements. 
