28 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



Cervulus reevesii,* Gray, Knowsley Menagerie, p. 65, 1850, Cat. 

 Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 220, 1852, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. 

 p. 94, 1872, Hand-List Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 165, 1873; 

 Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1862, p. 361; Brooke, ibid. 1878, 

 p. 899 ; Anderson, Zool. Results Yunnan Exped. p. 338, 1878 ; 

 W. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. pt. ii, p. 174, 1891; 

 Lydekker, Horns and Hoofs, p. 316, 1893, Deer of All Lands, 

 p. 208, 1898, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 989 ; Pocock, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1910, p. 954; Aoki, Annot. Zool. Japon. vol. viii, p. 343, 

 1913. 



Typical locality Canton, Eastern China. 



Smaller than the typical form of M. lacrymans, the 

 shoulder-height being about 16 inches, the basal skull-length 

 5f inches, and the length of the upper series of cheek-teeth 

 If to 1^| inches; skull shorter and wider, with more divergent 

 antlers, and larger lachrymal pits, which occupy the whole 

 surface of the bone, and are larger than the orbits, with which 

 they are in complete contact, not extending in advance of 

 first line of anterior premolars ; nasals expanded laterally 

 at junction with maxillae; nape usually with a distinct 

 black stripe ; upper part of forehead cinnamon (pale rufous), 

 and upper part of ears dusky ; general colour reddish 

 chestnut, more or less full speckled with yellowish grey ; 

 limbs blackish brown ; in females most of the backs of the 

 ears and the greater part of the forehead blackish or black. 

 The range includes Southern China and Formosa. 



A, Muntiacus reevesi reevesi. 



Typical locality Canton, Eastern China. 

 General characters those of the species ; forehead between 

 black pedicle-streaks distinctly rufous ; chin and throat 

 white. 



50. 11. 22. 12. Skull, imperfect, and skin, female. China. 

 Purchased (Zoological Society), 1850. 

 53. 8. 29. 44. Skull and skin, female. Canton. 



Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq., 1853. 

 55, 12. 24. 283. Skull, imperfect, and skin. Canton. 

 Type. Length of upper series of cheek-teeth 2 inches. 



Same history. 



* Or reevesi. 



