1878.] CLASSIFICATION OF THE CERVIDvfe. 905 



Eng. inches. Metre. 



Length of metacarpal cannon 61 0*155 



Length of femur 9 - 7 0-245 



Length of tibia 10-5 0-265 



Length of metatarsal cannon 7 # 178 



(Rucervus, subgen.) 



1838. Rucervus (subgen.), Hodgs. Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. i. p. 154 ; 

 J. As. Soc. Beng. vol. x. pt. ii. p. 914 (1841). 



Antlers on short stout pedestals. Brow-antlers (fig. 4, a) very 

 powerful, projecting forwards at a right angle from the beam, 

 sometimes forked, and frequently developing rudimentary tines from 

 their upper surface. Beam curving boldly forwards along the upper 

 half of its length, and bifurcating into two upper tines, which in their 

 relative dimensions present specific differential characters. 



Skull narrower in proportion to its length, in other respects re- 

 sembling that of Rusa : the bullae are moderately inflated, and the 

 upper and under molars have small supplementary columns. Tail 

 short. Neck maned. Stature large. Young spotted. 



Distribution. Indian region. 



Fig. 4. 



- a- 



Ccrvus (Riecervus) duvauceli, 



13. Cervus duvauceli. 



1835-37. Cervus duvaucelli, Cuv. Oss. foss. (ed. 4) torn. vi. 

 p. 89, pi. 201. figs. 6-8. 



1871. , Sclat. Trans. Zool. Soc. vol, vii. p. 346, pi. 36. 



Hab. Nepal ; Assam ; Denwa valley, Mahadeo hills, Central 

 India (Forsyth). 



14. Cervus schomburgki. 



1863. Rucervus schomburgki, Blyth, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 155, fig. 



1867. , Blyth, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 835, figs. 6-12. 



1876. Cervus schomburgki, Brooke, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 304, 

 figs. 1,2: Scl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 682. 

 Hab. Siam. Types, Brit. Mus. 



