264 RUSIN^E. 



Both this and the spotted deer are living in the Zoological Gardens, 

 and have bred there. 



Gen. CERVULUS, Blainville. 

 Syn. Styloceros, SMITH ; Muntjacus, GRAY. 



Char. Horns raised on high hairy pedicles, with only one small 

 basal snag. Large canines in the upper jaw in both sexes ; muffle large ; 

 two conspicuous longitudinal facial creases ; tail rather short ; eye-pits 

 very large and mobile j large feet-pits in the hind-feet ; no inguinal 

 pits ; no calcic tuft. 



The Muntjacs are deer of small size, inhabiting dense forests, and are 

 peculiar to the Indian kingdom. By their long canines and small 

 antlers they may be said to form a link to the Mosckidce, or Musk-deer, 

 but they do not, I think, enter that family, as Blyth has placed them. 



223. Cervulus aureus. 



HAM. SMITH. C. vaginalis, BODDAERT apud BLYTH, Cat. 492. 0. 

 Ratwa, HODGSON, As. Res. XVIII. 130, with figure. C. styloceros apud 

 OGILBY, ROYLE'S 111. Bot. Himal. pi. 5, f. 2. C. albipes, WAGLER.-- - 

 C. Muntjac, apud ELLIOT, Cat. 53. C. moschatus, BLAINVILLE apud 

 HORSFIELD, Cat. 276. Muntjacus vaginalis, GRAY, Cat. Mamm., and 

 Cat. HODGSON'S Coll. Kakur, H., throughout Northern India. Maya, 

 Beng., in Rungpore. Ratwd, Nepal. Karsiar, Bhot. Sikku or Suku, 

 Lepch. Gutra and Gutri (m. and f.) of Gonds, in Central India. 

 Bekra or Bekur, Mahr. Kdn-kuri, Can. Kukdgori, Tel. Jangli- 

 bakra, vulgb of Mussalmans of Southern India ; hence the name of 

 jungle sheep in the Madras Presidency. Barking deer of sportsmen in 

 Bengal ; rib-faced deer of Pennant ; red hog-deer in Ceylon. 



THE RIB-FACED OR BARKING DEER. 



Descr. Colour a bright rufous-bay ; limbs internally, pubic region, 

 and tail beneath, white ; chin and lower jaw whitish ; some white spots 

 in front of the fetlocks of all four legs ; facial creases dark brown. 



Average length of male 3J feet ; tail 7 inches ; height 26 to 28 

 inches ; horn 8 to 10 inches. 



The doe is a little smaller, and has bristly black tufts of hair on a 

 knob in the spot where the horns of the buck are. 



