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A. Cervus timoriensis timoriensis. 



Cervus hippelaphus timoricnsis, Lydekker, Deer of All Lands, 

 p. 170, 1898; Trouessart, Cat. Mamm. p. 873, 1899; Ward, 

 Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p, 67, 1910, ed. 7, p. 67, 1914. 



Typical locality Timor; the range also including the 

 islands of Semao and Kambing, which, with Timor, form the 

 continuation of the Sumatra- Java line. 



Type in Paris Museum. 



A relatively small deer, of the same approximate size as 

 the next race, but distinguished by the thicker hair on the 

 neck, the more distinctly tufted tail, certain differences in 

 coloration, especially on the face and rump, and the wider 

 antlers ; forehead grey ; face, neck, upper part of flanks, and 

 greater portion of the chest dark blackish brown, the brown 

 of the chest forming a streak between the legs ; middle of 

 back almost black ; under- parts, inner surfaces of thighs, 

 and a band above the hoofs brownish or ochery yellow, 

 passing into dirty white on the hind portion of the abdomen ; 

 lips and inner surfaces of ears white, as are also the inner 

 surfaces of the buttocks ; tail-tuft dark blackish brown ; in 

 the males a whitish streak runs from above each eye across 

 the cheek to the side of the neck ; antler-measurements are 

 not recorded. 



67. 1. 30. 2. Skin, female, formerly mounted. Timor. 

 From an animal presented to the Zoological Society by 

 Capt. L. Brayley. Purchased (Zoological Society), 1867. 



B. Cervus timoriensis molueeensis. 



Cervus molueeensis, Quoy and Gaimard, Voyage Astrolabe, Zool. 



vol. i, p. 133, pi. xxiv, 1830 ; Eydoux and Gervais, Mag. Zool. 



vol. vi, p. 26, 1836, Voyage Favorite, Mamm. p. 26, 1839 ; 



Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 904 ; LydeJcker, Horns and 



Hoofs, p. 299, 1893; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 2, 



p. 12, 1896. 

 Cervus russa molueeensis, Miiller and Schlegel, Verli. Nat. Geschied. 



Nederland. Zool. pp. 212 and 220, 1844. 

 Cervus (Hippelaphus) molueeensis, Sundevall, K. Svenslca Vet.-Ak. 



Handl. 1844, p. 179, 1846. 

 Piusa molueeensis, Gray, Knowsley Menagerie, p. 62, 1850, Cat. 



Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 209, 1852, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. 



p. 77, 1872, Hand-List Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 149, 1873, 

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