Game Animals of India, etc. 



are supported on long, slender bony-pedicles, otten but 

 little shorter than the antlers themselves, and frequently 

 longer ; the pedicles being continued downwards on 

 the forehead of the skull as sharp ridges, converging 

 towards the middle line as they descend, but never 

 actually meeting. In the does tufts of bristly hair and 

 short prominences mark the position occupied by the 

 pedicles of the antlers in the bucks. With advancing 

 age the pedicles of the antlers of the bucks become 

 shorter and thicker than in youth, when they are 

 sometimes longer than the skull. The typical members 

 of the group have a pair of glands in the skin of the 

 forehead situated on the inner side of each of the sup- 

 porting ridges of the antler-pedicles ; and the face-glands 

 beneath the eyes are likewise well developed. On the 

 other hand, the metatarsal glands and tufts are wanting. 

 An important feature is the large size of the upper 

 tusks of the bucks, which project beyond the level 

 of the upper lips, although they do not grow from 

 persistent pulps. 



The Indian muntjac, kakar, or barking- deer, as 

 it is called, is a reddish-coloured deer, standing from 

 about 20 to 22 inches in height at the withers. It 

 has a relatively short tail, comparatively short and fine 

 hair, anci no tuft of bristly hairs on the crown of the 

 head between the pedicles of the anders. In adult 

 bucks the general colour (apparently at all seasons) is 

 uniform foxy or chestnut red, darker on the back, 

 and paler on the lower surface of the body. The face 

 and limbs are brownish ; and a distinct black line runs 

 down the inner side of the pedicles of the antlers, to 

 be continued for some distance down their supporting 

 ridges. The chin, upper portion of the throat, hind 

 part of the abdomen, and the inner side of the thighs, 

 together with the lower surface of the tail, are white ; 

 and there is a whitish mark above the hoofs on the 

 front surface of each leg. Females are coloured 

 practically the same as males, with the exception that 



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