56 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



PARA; HOG-DEER. 



Typical locality the Indo-Gangetic Plain of India. 



Height at shoulder ranging from about 25 to 29 inches ; 

 build heavy and low, with the legs short ; face comparatively 

 short ; hairs on the back not ringed, but with pale tips ; 

 general colour in winter rufous or yellowish brown, with a 

 somewhat speckled appearance owing to the pale tips of the 

 hairs, under-parts much darker than back ; in summer upper- 

 parts typically paler and more or less spotted in the early 

 part of the season with pale brown or white, the spots some- 

 times limited to one or two rows on each side of a dark 

 stripe down the middle of the back ; young fully spotted fcr 

 about the first six months ; antlers (fig. 15) supported on 

 long pedicles, with the hind, or inner, tine of the terminal 

 fork the shorter, and the brow-tine relatively stout and long, 

 being considerably longer than the head in fully adult 

 individuals ; ears rather large, well haired externally, white 

 internally ; tail moderately long, well-haired, but not bushy, 

 whitish beneath ; face-glands small ; metatarsal tuft slightly 

 lighter than rest of the leg. Skull moderately compressed 

 in front of orbits, which are not prominent. Fine antlers 

 measure from 20 to 23J inches in length along the outer 

 curve, with a basal girth of from 3 to 4J inches, and a tip- 

 to-tip interval of from 6| to 22^ inches. 



The range extends from India to Siani and Annam, the 

 two races here recognised being distinguished as follows : 



A. Size smaller ; coat spotted in summer C. p. porcinus. 



B. Size larger ; coat uniformly coloured at all 



seasons C. p. annamiticus. 



A. Cervus porcinus porcinus. 



Typical locality the Indo-Gangetic Plain of India. 



Size relatively small ; coat spotted in summer. 



The distributional area includes India, throughout the 

 Indo-Gangetic plain from Sind and the Punjab to Assam, 

 thence through Sylhet and Tenasserim to Burma. Although 

 it has been reported from the highlands of Central India and 

 Bombay, it is doubtful if the species ranges to any extent 

 into Peninsular India, although it may be found some 



