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THE INDIAN FAUNA 



water during the hot season. Unlike the species previously mentioned, this deer 

 has no gland and tuft of long hair on the outer side of the hind-leg. 



The muntjac, or kakar (Cervulus muntjac), is a small and 



Muntjac. peculiar kmd f forest-deer which is never seen in the open 



plains. In the Himalaya it ranges up to 5000 feet, and even higher. Rare 



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MUNTJACS. 



in central India and the north-west, this or closely allied muntjacs range eastwards 

 as far as Hainan and through the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago to Borneo. 

 Muntjacs have small (in some cases almost rudimentary) antlers carried on the top 

 of long pedicles which are continued on two rib-like ridges down the face. There 

 is a small brow-tine, directed upwards, to each antler, but no branch above this ; 

 and the tips of the beam incline inwards. A black line runs down the inner side of 



