RIB-FACED DEER 301 



some species nearly allied to it are found in that 

 continent. 



RIB-FACED DEER. 



Ccrvus Muntjac. C. connbut tcretibtu jiilosis rttrvcrrsis trifurci$ t 

 apice tuptriorc uncinatu. Lm. tyst. Nat. Gmcl. p. 180. 



Deer with trifurcatcd horns rising from a cylindric hairy base, 

 and with the upper fork hooked. 



Le Chevreuil des Indes. Bittf'. Suppl. 6. p. 195. pi. 26. 



Rib-faced Deer. Pennant Quad r. i. p. 119. 



THIS species is a native of Java and Ceylon, 

 and is somewhat smaller than the common Roe- 

 buck, and of a thick form, like the Porcine Deer. 

 The horns arc trifurcated, and the upper fork is 

 hooked : they art- placed on a bony process, like 

 a pedestal, elevated three inches from the skull, 

 and covered with hair; hut what seems princi- 

 pally to distinguish this animal is the appearance 

 of three longitudinal subcutaneous ribs extend- 

 ing from the horns to the eyes. J'roin each .side 

 of the upper jaw hangs a tusk, so that this spe- 

 cies differs, in that respect, from most of the 

 genus. It was first described by Mr. Pennant, 

 who informs us that it is called in the Malave 



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tongue by the name of KidaHg, and by the Ja- 

 va ns, Munt-Jak. 



Mr. Pennant also add*, that the pi < or 



pillars on \\Jiich the horns stand, grow thicker as 

 the animal advances in age, and the margin swells 

 out all round ; so that if the horns ai d off 



