The Thamin, or Eld's Deer 



or three to at least eight or ten. In this respect, 

 however, there is considerable local variation. In the 

 Burmese thamin {Cervus eldi typicus) the antlers are 

 cylindrical to their summits, with few or no additional 

 points on the prongs of the main fork, and a long 

 brow-tine. On the other hand, in the Siamese thamin 

 (C. eldi -platyceros) the tront or larger branch ot the 



Fig. 47. — Group of 



main fork is considerably flattened, and carries a large 

 number of snags on its sharp hind edge, and the brow- 

 tine is relatively shorter. It is in this race that the 

 antlers make a close approximation to Major Wood's 

 specimen of the swamp-deer. In both races one or 

 more prominent snags are usually developed at the 

 point of junction between the brow-tine and the beam, 

 that is to say, immediately above the pedicle ; and it is 

 a general feature of the species that the antlers of 



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