1878.] CLASSIFICATION OF THE CERVID*. 903 



(y) The inner tine (fig. 3, c) always surpassing the outer tine 

 (fig. 3, b) in length. 



11. Cervus hippelaphus. 



1825. Cervus hippelaphus, Cuv. Oss. foss. (ed. 3) torn. iv. p. 40 ; 

 ib. (ed. 4) torn. vi. p. 77, pi. 166. figs. 31-34. 



1839-44. Cervus rusa, Mull. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Bez. Zool. 

 p. 217, pi. 43, pi. 44. figs. 1-6. 



Hab. Java, Borneo (introduced). 



Deer resembling Cervus hippelaphus in every particular excepting 

 size are found in many of the islands in the Indo-Malayan and 

 Austro-Malayan regions. How far these are the result of natural 

 distribution, or how far their occurrence is attributable to artificial 

 transportation is now most difficult to decide. The best authori- 

 ties on the fauna of the East Indies, Wallace, Schlegel, and Miiller, 



Cervus (Bi(sa) hippelaph'is. 



are inclined to lean towards the latter alternative ; and it is I think 

 certain that the introduction of many of the larger mammals (e. g. 

 Monkeys, Pigs, and Deer) into the islands of the Austro-Malayan 

 region has been effected by the Malays, who, according to "Wallace, 

 are much given to taming animals and conveying them from island to 

 island. At the same time, the existence of a species of Felis peculiar 

 to Timor, and of the singular Anoa depressico?-nis on Celebes, seems 

 to me to necessitate caution in accepting this solution as of universal 

 application. 



I shall therefore, for the present, keep the references to Cervus 

 timoriensis of Timor and C. moluecensis distinct. 



12. (a) Cervus timoriensis. 



1822. Cervus timoriensis, Blainv. Journ. de Phys. vol. xciv. p. 267. 



1825. peronii, Cuv. Oss. foss. (ed. 3) torn. iv. p. 46. 



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