MAMMALIA. 215 



3. Axis PSEUDAXIS. The SPOTTED Axis. 



Fulvous, white spotted, a series of spots on the lower part of 

 each side, and an oblique series of spots on the haunches. 



Cervus pseudaxis, Gervais, Voy. Bonite, 64. 1. 12; Institute, 1841, 



419; Sundevall, Pecora, 57. 

 Hob. . Mus. Paris. 



This species chiefly differs from Axis maculata in having a se- 

 ries of spots in the place of the oblique streak on the haunches. 



Mule between Cervus Axis and C. pseudaxis, Pucker an, Compt. 

 Rendus Acad. Sci. 1849, 774. 



M. Pucheran considers these two species to belong to differ- 

 ent sections of the genus! Compt. Rendus, 1849, 77. 



5. HYELAPHUS, Sundevall. 



Fur of moderately thick, palish hair, fulvous, and spotted in 

 the summer. Tail rather elongate. Legs rather short, the front 

 being rather the shortest. Face short, broad, and arched in front. 

 Ears short and rounded. Horns placed on moderately elongated 

 peduncles. 



Hyelaphus, Gray, Cat. Osteol. B. M. 67; Knowsley Menag. 64; 



Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1850. 

 Cervus Hyelaphus, Sundevall, Pecora. 

 Axis, sp., Blainv. Desm. Mam. ii. 448, 1822 ; Lesson, Mamm. i. 



268; H. Smith, G. A. K. 



1. HYELAPHUS PORCINUS. The LUGNA PARA or SHGORIAH. 



Brown or yellowish brown, with an indistinct, darker dorsal 

 streak, and with obscure whitish spots, but without any white 

 streak on the sides or haunches ; in the winter brown and spot- 

 less. Forehead, face and front of legs darker. Line down the 

 front of and the inside of the thighs white. 



Porcine Deer, Penn. 42. t. 8. f. 2. 



Cervus Hippelaphus var., Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. 43. t. 5. f. 31, 



horns. 

 Cervus porcinus, Zimmer. Schreb. t. 251 ; Horsf. Proc. Z. Soc. 



1839, 150; F. Cuvier, Mam. Lithog. t.; Ogilby in Royle's 



Himal. 72; Proc. Z. Soc. 1839, 150. 

 Cervus (Hyelaphus) porcinus, Sundevall, Pecora, 58. 

 Axis porcinus, J. Brookes, Cat. Mus. 62, 1828 ; Hodgson, J. A. 



S. B. x. 914; Calcutta Journ. N. H. iv. 292; Gray, Cat. 



Hodgson Coll. B. M. 33. 

 Cervus niger, Hamilton, Icon. ined. ; Blainv. Bull. Soc. Philom. 



1816, 76; Fischer, Syn. 454; Sundevall, Pecora, 60. 132. 



