MUNTJAC AND ROE 



95 



Head of Hairy-fronted Muntjac. 



HAIRY-FRONTED MUNTJAC (Cervulus crinifrons). 



Length on out- 

 side curve of Circumference. Tip to Tip. 

 longest antler. 



Locality. 



4! Nillgpo 



Owner. 

 British Museum. 



TENASSERIM MUNTJAC (Cervulus fese). 

 Antlers about two inches loner. 



The ROE or ROEBUCK (Capreolus caprea). 

 (Also known as Capreolus capreolus^) 



Roe may be recognised by the rudimentary tail, and the medium- 

 sized antlers rising close together and almost vertically from the head, 

 without a brow-tine, and regularly forking at a point about two-thirds 

 the total length, with the posterior prong again subdividing, so that 

 the number of points is usually three. There is no gland or tuft on 

 the hock, but one on the upper part of the outer side of the hind 

 cannon-bone. In the European roe the height at the shoulder is 

 about 26 inches. In winter the coat is dark speckly brown with a 

 large white rump-patch, but in summer foxy red, with little or no 

 white behind. As in the Japanese sika, the white hairs of the winter 

 rump-patch expand under the influence of excitement to form a large 



