MAMMALIA—DEER. 339 
THE MALAYAN RUSA DEER! 
Is a native of India, and of the Indian islands. ‘He is,” says Mr Bennett, 
“dark cinereous brown above, nearly black on the throat and breast, and 
light fawn, intermixed with dirty white, on the inside of the limbs. His 
eyes are surrounded by a fawn colored disc, and patches of the same color 
occupy the fore knees, and a space above each of the hoofs in fxont. His 
nose, which is black, is enveloped in an extensive muzzle; his ears are nearly 
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naked on che mside, and marked by a patch of dirty white at the base 
externally ; and his mane, which spreads downwards over the neck and 
throat, is remarkably thick and heavy. His tail is black above, and light 
fawn beneath ; and a disc of the latter color occupies the posterior part of 
the buttocks, having on each side a blackish line which separates it from 
the lighter tinge of the inside of the thighs. His horns, when properly 
grown, consist of a broad burr, from which the pointed basal antler rises 
almost perpendicularly to the extent of nine or ten inches; of a stem, which 
is first directed outwards, and then forms a bold curve inwards; and of a 
snag, or second antler of smaller size, arising from the stem near its extre- 
mity on the posterior and internal side, and forming with it a terminal fork, 
the branch, however, being shorter than the stem, and not exceeding five 
or six inches inlength. The entire length of the horns is about two feet; 
they are of a dark color, very strong, and deeply furrowed throughout. 


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