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of the coat in winter is dark brown, in summer fawn, the hinds being paler 

 and redder. The fawns are spotted. Thamin are generally seen in herds of 

 from ten to fifteen or more. During the day they may possibly seek the shelter of 

 the woods, but they usually keep to the open plains, and are often observed grazing 

 on wild rice and other plants ; they apparently seek marshy spots, not on account of 

 the presence of water alone, since they are met with in plains where there is no 

 water during the dry season. In Manipur the antlers are shed in June, in lower 

 Burma about September. In Burma the rutting-time lasts from March to May, 

 and the fawns — generally one to each doe — are usually born in October or 

 November. The antlers appear in the second year, but the stags are not fully 

 developed until about their seventh year, 

 schomburgk's A very distinct species, Schomburgk's deer (C. schomburgki), 



and other Deer, nearly allied to the thamin, occurs in Siam, but very little is known 

 of its habits. There are also numerous distinct species of small deer in the 

 Philippines — among them Prince Alfred's deer (C. alfredi), in which the stags are 

 black with white spots at all seasons. 



The muntjacs are represented in Moulmein by Cervulus feat, a 



species which differs from the ordinary forms by its darker colouring 

 and the long tuft of hair between the antlers. Other species, such as Reeves's 

 muntjac (C. reevesi), distinguished by its small size and bright coloration, inhabit 

 China and Formosa. The Indian muntjac also occurs in the countries east of the 

 Bay of Bengal, its representative in Burma having been named Cervulus muntjac 

 grandicornis. 



Of the chevrotains or mouse-deer, the small Malay species 



(Tragidus javanicus) occurs as far north as Tenasserim, as well as in 

 Cambodia, Cochin China, and the Malay Peninsula and islands. It is the smallest 

 of the ungulates with the exception of the pigmy antelopes of West Africa, the 

 head and body measuring only 18 inches long and the tail 3 inches. In colour it 

 is reddish brown above, and whitish below, with a dark line down the nape 

 and generally a brown stripe down the chest. This chevrotain frequents 

 dense jungle, and is also found in mangrove-swamps on the coast. Like the rest of 

 its kind, it is a timid, gentle little animal, walking on the tips of its hoofs, living 

 alone except during the pairing-season, and easily tamed. The second species is 

 the napu (T. napu), which inhabits much the same localities, and is distinguished 

 mainly by its larger size, its shoulder-height being about 13 inches and its length 

 about 27 inches. Numerous island forms of these two species have received dis- 

 tinct names. Of a third species (T. Stanley anus), the home is not definitely known. 



The Indian wild boar extends into Burma ; but in the Malay islands 

 Wild Pigs. . . . 



its place is taken by several more or less closely allied species, such as 



Sus vittatus, S. verrucosus, and S. barbatus, the latter distinguished by the great 



length of its head. A small pig (S. andamanensis) inhabits the Andaman Isles, and 



differs from the Indian animal not only by its inferior size, but by the absence 



of a crest of long hair on the back. 



Javan Of the two Malay rhinoceroses, the Javan, or lesser one-horned 



Rhinoceros, rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), is distributed from Assam through 



Burma and the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, Java, and Borneo ; and is also found 



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