CERVTT8. 547 



Axis major and minor, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. x, p. 914 (1841), no 

 descriptions ; xvi, pp. 691, 711 ; xvii, pt. 2, p. 486 



^ J aCU !fo ta ' ?J y ' L ^ Mam - B - M - P- 178 ( 1843 ) i *Ww*. 



j&ai P ' '' s - 1858 ' p ' 530; Elyth > Cnt - p - 1M : 



Chital Chitra, Jhank, H. ; CfcatfrfaA, Bhagalpur; 5oro o, 

 Beng., Rung!^^; Buriya, Gorakhpur; Lupi, Kars, Gond ; Ddrkdr 

 Korku; PM^JT, Ho-Kol ; Strung, Sdraga, Jati, Mikka, Can. ; Dapi, Tel ' 

 Pali-man, Tarn. Mai. ; TVc J 



Fig. 178. Skull and horns of Cervm axis (horns after Forsyth). 



Size moderate. No mane. Molars very hypsodont. Muffle as 

 in G. unicolor. Tail long, pointed. Interdigital glands in hind 

 feet only (Hodgson). Upper canines generally wanting (Hodgson 

 states that he has found them in both sexes). Horns normally 

 with three tines, a brow-antler which joins the beam at rather less 

 than a right angle, and two upper tines of which the outer is 

 always much the longer. Sports or irregular points in the axil of 

 the brow-tine very common ; few fine horns are without them, but 

 other additional points are rare. 



Colour rufous fawn, spotted throughout the body with white at 

 all seasons and all ages. A dark dorsal stripe from nape to end of 

 tail, bordered by a single or double row of white spots on the back. 

 Low down on the sides the white spots sometimes blend into a 



