210 MAMMALIA. 



Far. Smaller. 



Cervus Molluccensis, Quoy fy Gaim. ; Eydoux, Guerin Mag. Zool. 



1836, 26; Sundevall, Pecora, 56. 

 Cervus Rusa Molluccensis, S. Muller, Nederl. Verh. t. 43 $ , t. 35. 



f. 1-4 ; Mus. Leyden, 1845. 

 Cervus Rusa Timorensis, Mus. Leyden, 1845. 

 Hob. Java. 



Female. Java. From Gardens Zool. Soc. 



This species was living some time at Knowsley and bred there. 

 In all its states was very distinct from the Samboor of continental 

 India. 



The horns are similar to those of R. equina, but the body and 

 horns are smaller, and the hair of the young is smoother. 



OSTEOLOGY. 



Cervus Hippelaphus, Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. 40. t. 5. f. 31, 34, 35 



(C. auritust), t. 5. f. 42. 

 Cervus Leschenaultii, Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. 508. t. 39. f. 9, horns 



only. 



Cervus Rusa, Mutter, Verh. I. A. t. 43. f. 1, 4. 

 Cervus (Rusa) Molluccensis, Muller, Verh. I. A. t. 43. f. 5. 

 Cervus Rusa Timorensis, Muller, Verh. I. A. t. 43. f. 6. 



The specimen at Knowsley, received from Amsterdam, in sum- 

 mer had the fur formed of thick, rigid, waved quills. The fur 

 is reddish brown, minutely punctated ; on the head, neck, dorsal 

 line and shoulders blacker ; the orbits yellowish ; the lips, chin, 

 gullet, edge of nose, whiskers, and inside of the ears, white, 

 without any black spot on the side of the lower lip. 



4. RUSA EQUINUS. The SAMBOE. 



Brown, not spotted. Tail rounded, floccose, black at the tip. 

 Young very obscurely spotted. Hair rigid and rough. Skull : 

 suborbital pit moderate, oblong, narrow. 



Rusa, Raffles, Linn. Trans, xiii. 263. 



Cervus equinus, Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. 44. t. 5. f. 30, 37, 38. 



f. 42; H. Smith, Griffith A. K. iv. 112. t.; Sundevall, Pecora, 



55 ; S. Muller, Nederl. Verh. 

 Eland or Elk, of the Dutch Sportsmen. 

 Hob. Sumatra; Borneo. 



OSTEOLOGY. 



C. equinus, Cuv. 0. F. v. t. 5. f. 30, 42. 



The specimens received from Amsterdam in the Knowsley Me- 

 nagerie had the hair short, rigid, close-pressed, not waved ; dull 

 blackish brown ; the lips, chin, and spot above each eye, white ; 



