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interpterygoid space narrower, and the lachry mo-maxillary 

 suture longer. General colour rich rufous (between hazel 

 and ferruginous), darker on middle line of back and paler on 

 flanks ; on neck and shoulders the ferruginous-hazel washed 

 with blackish ; crown bright ferruginous hazel. 



In his second mention of this muntjac Lyon refers to it 

 as a smaller race of M. m. rubidus. 



No specimen in collection. 



D. Muntiacus muntjak pleiharicus. 



Cervulus pleiharicus, Kohlbrugge, Natuurk. Tijdschr. Nederlandsch- 



Indie, vol. Iv, pt. 2, p. 192, pi. ii, fig. 1, 1896. 

 Muntiacus pleiharicus, Lyon, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vol. xxxi, p. 583, 



1906, vol. xxxiii, p. 550, 1907, vol. xl, p. 71, 1911. 



Typical locality Pleihari, South-eastern Borneo. 



A relatively small yellowish or ochre-coloured form, with 

 an indistinct dark brown dorsal stripe; antler-pedicles 

 short ; basal length of skull from about 6f to 7 ^g inches 

 (171-1*78 mm.). 



No specimen in collection definitely referable to this 

 race. 



E. Muntiacus muntjak rubidus. 



Muntiacus rubidus, Lyon, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vol. xl, p. 73, 1911. 



Typical locality Pamukang Bay, S.E. Borneo. 



Type in U.S. National Museum, Washington. 



Larger than the preceding race, with the general colour 

 deep shining rufous (hazel of Lyon), darkening on middle 

 line of back and everywhere suffused with blackish ; whole 

 frontal area between antler-pedicles (which are of normal 

 length) showing a tendency to become black ; antlers 

 relatively short ; females paler, with less darkening on 

 middle line of back ; basal length of skull about 7j inches 

 (185 to 186 mm.). 



The skull, which is very similar in this respect to the 

 somewhat smaller one of M. m. bancamts, differs from that 

 of M. m. pleiharicus by its superior size, longer and stouter 

 antler-pedicles, and the presence of a distinct concavity in 

 the profile at the base of the nasals. This muntjac is, 

 inferior in size to the Sumatran M. m. moschatus. 



