94 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



Cervus (Hippelaphus) duvaucelii, Sundevall, K. Svenska Vet.-Ak. 

 Handl. 1844, p. 178, 1846. 



Rucervus duvaucelii, Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. xvi, 

 p. 689, 1847 ; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 230, Cat. Ungulata 

 Brit. Mus. p. 203, 1852, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 76, 1872, 

 Hand-List Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 145, 1873 ; Blyth, Cat. 

 Mamm. Mus. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, p. 150, 1863, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1867, p. 835 ; Anderson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. xxxvi, 

 pt. 2, p. 185, note, 1868 ; Blanford, ibid. pp. 197 and 199, 1868 ; 

 Jerdon, Mamm. India, p. 254, 1867 ; Fitzinger, Sitzber. k. Ak. 

 Wiss. Wien, vol. Ixviii, pt. 1, p. 356, 1873, vol. Ixx, pt. 1, p. 324, 

 1874 ; Sterndale, Mamm. India, p. 510, 1884 ; Percy, Big Game 

 Shooting (Badminton Libr.), vol. ii, p. 264, 1894. 



Recervus duvaucellii, Gray, List Osteol. Brit. Mus. p. 65, 1847 ; 

 Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 259, 1862. 



Cervus ruceros, Gray, Knowsley Menagerie, p. 40, 1850. 



Rusa dimorpha, Gray, Knowsley Menagerie, p. 62, 1850 ; Fitzinger, 

 Sitzber. k. Ak. Wiss. vol. Ixviii, pt. 1, p. 355, 1873. 



Cervus eucladoceros, Falconer's Pal. Mem. vol. i, p. 587, 1868. 



Cervus (Rucervus) duvauceli, Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, 

 p. 79, 1910, ed. 7, p. 54, 1914 ; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, 

 p. 493 ; Lydekker, Cat. Hume Bequest Brit. Mus. p. 36, 1913. 



BARASINGHA ; SWAMP-DEER. 



Type of Rucervus. 



Typical locality plains of Peninsular India. 



Height at shoulder from 3 feet 8 inches to 3 feet 

 10 inches ; build stout and tall ; coat moderately fine, and 

 somewhat woolly ; muzzle long and slender ; antlers (fig. 18) 

 smooth and flattened, with a long brow-tine usually rising 

 almost at a right angle to beam ; above the brow-tine the 

 beam remains undivided for about half its length, when it 

 splits into a regular fork, of which each branch is usually 

 again simply forked, although the outer branch may be much 

 longer than the inner one, and bear three or more tines ; 

 small snags frequently developed on upper surface of brow- 

 tine, although " sports " at its junction with the beam seldom 

 occur, and the brow-tine is never forked ; metatarsal gland 

 and tuft wanting ; general colour in summer bright rufous 

 brown, frequently, or usually, with a broad brown line down 

 the middle of the back, bordered by a line of white spots on 

 each side, and more or less faint traces of other spots ; 

 throat, inner sides of thighs, and under-parts white or 

 whitish ; lower surface of the tail pure white ; in winter 

 upper-parts yellowish brown, and under-parts paler ; in 



