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CEBVID.-E. 



Dimensions. Height at shoulder of males 48 to 5G inches, and 

 it is said e\en more ; length G to 7 feet, tail 12 to 13 inches, ears 

 7 to 8. Females are smaller. A male skull measures in basal 

 length 14-2 inches, extreme length 15-7, orbital breadth 6-7. A 

 very large stag killed in Cooch Behar is said to have weighed 

 700 lbs. (51 stone), smaller but still fine male animals about 560 

 (' Asian,' April 3rd, 1891, p. 3). Horns vary enormously ; any 

 over 35 inches in length are of good size, and such are seldom, if 



Fig. 177. — Skull and bonis of CcmtK 



■jIo?: (From Forsvtli.) 



ever, seen out of India. The largest recorded measured 48 inches, 

 l)ut the girth at mid-beam was only 6 ; horns 35-5 and 38 inches 

 iu length have been found to have a girth of 8*25 inches halfway 

 up the beam, and 8*5 has been measured in horns 41 inches 

 long. 



Distribution. Almost Ihroughout the Oriental region wherever 

 there is undulating ground or liilly country with forest, but the 

 forms in some of the Malay Islands appear to be specifically 

 distinct. The siimbar ascends the Himalayas iu places to 1)000 



