MOL UCCAN ./e USABA VI AN DEER 7 7 



front or front outer surface of which the front tine arises as an off- 

 shoot ; the two antlers enclosing a lyrate space. Young, uniformly 

 coloured. There are two races of this species one the Javan rusa 

 (C. hippelaphus typicus) of the approximate size of a red deer, and the 

 other the Moluccan rusa (C. Jiippelap]ius moluccensis\ from Celebes and 

 the Moluccas, said to be smaller, and without a distinct mane on the 

 neck or tuft to the tail. 



Length 



on Circum- Tip to Widest D , i i-, r\ 



outside ference. Tip. inside. Pomts - Locality. Owner. 



curve. 



37i Si 16 I7i 3 + 3 Java . . . H.R.H. Prince of Wales. 



-36 ... ii ... 3 + 3 Mauritius (introduced) Admiral Sir William Kennedy. 



35^ 4 22| ... 3 + 3 Java . . . Sir Victor Brooke's Collection. 



35i 4i I7a 17 3 + 3 Do. ... Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



34* 4 174 22j 3 + 3 Do. ... Capt. C. Keppel, R.N. 



1 34 ... ... ... ... Rodriguez (introduced) Admiral Sir William Kennedy. 



33 4 25^ ... 3 + 3 Java . . . Duke of Bedford. 



-30^ 42 174 ...... Major W. Anstruther Thomson. 



28J 4^ ii^ I2j 3 + 3 Do. . . . Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 



1 Weight 269 Ibs. 



MOLUCCAN EUSA (Cervus hippelaphus moluccensis). 



(See above). 



Length 



outside 2S ^p! *>* LocaUty. Owner. 



curve. 



36^ 4 i8J 3 + 3 ? Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 



27^ , 4f 14^ 3 + 3 ? Duke of Bedford. 



14! 3i " 3 + 3 ? Do. 



8| 4 5i Batchian . . British Museum (A. R. Wallace). 



6J 3! 5 ... ? British Museum. 



BAVIAN DEER (Cervus kuMi). 



A small deer allied to the Javan rusa (C. hippelaphus], standing 

 about 27 inches at the shoulder, of light build, and of a uniform brown 

 colour, without a dark stripe down the back. 



Distribution. The Bavian Islands, between Borneo and Java. 



9f 2| loj io| 3 + 3 British Museum. 



