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weight from 25 Ibs. to 30 Ibs. Colonel Kinloch says it does not 

 stand more than 20 ins., Jerdon 22 or 23 ins. 



In Garwhal and Kumaon musk deer appear to be bigger 

 and heavier than in Cashmere. 



XXX. BARKING, OR RIB- FACED DEER 

 ( Cervtilus Anreus, vel Muntjac] 



1 KakurJ generally throughout the Himalayas ; ' Ratiua,'' in Nepal and 

 neighbouring states ; ' Jimgli BukraJ tn Central Provinces ; ''Munt- 

 jac,'' Sundanese 



This deerlet is found pretty generally throughout India, 

 Burmah, Ceylon and the Malay Peninsula, wherever there are 

 fairly high hills covered with forest. Thick cover and plenty 

 of water seem essential to it. 



Kakur are not gregarious ; they are generally found in 

 pairs, each pair seeming to keep pretty much to its own 

 particular ravine or patch of jungle. They will often live close 

 to villages, and feed on the crops at the edge of the jungle ; 

 they rarely venture far into the open, and invariably live close 

 to water. Their general colour is a bright golden bay, with 

 the lower parts white ; the tail is rather long, and as the deer 

 when galloping carries his head low and cocks his tail up, he 

 forcibly reminds one of an old buck rabbit. The buck has 

 horns about five inches long, set on bony pedicles about 

 three inches high, which are covered with longish hair. In 

 good specimens there is a small brow antler of about one inch 

 in length, and the tips of the horns should be curved back 

 enough to permit of the head being suspended from a cord by 

 the hooks. The V-shaped creases on the face, from which it 

 derives its name of rib-faced, are dark brown, and there is a 

 dark line up the front of each pedicle. The horns appear to 

 be shed annually. The buck has a pair of sharp stout tushes 

 in the upper jaw, of which he can make very good use. Ward 

 laments the loss of a valuable terrier which was killed by a 

 wounded buck, so that it is advisable to be careful in handling 



