CERVUS MUNTJAK. 



Ord. VII™ RuMiNANs, Cuvier. 



Ord. V. Pecora, Linn. Syst. 



Ord. VII. BisuiiCA, Illiger. Fam. 25, Capreoli. 



CERVUS, Linn. Briss. Erxleb. Schreb. Bodd. Cuv. Illig. 



Char. Gen. — Dentes primores supra nulli, infra octo incisorii. Laniarii plerumque 

 nuUi, paueis (Tarando, Elapho) superiores parvi solitarii inclusi: (uno hucusque 

 cognito (C. Muntjak) exserti longissimi. Horsf.) Diastema inter primores et 

 molares. Molares abrupti contigui obversi complicati tritores, utrinque seni. 



nostrum productum aut chilomate aut rhinario instructum. Sintis lacrymales. 

 Cerata frontalia decidua ossea plerumque ramosa, feminis s£epius nuUa, Auri- 

 culce mediocres acuminatas. 



Cauda brevissima. Mammee apertse quatuor inguinales. 



Pedes distineti ambulatorii bisulci, digitis duobus insistentibus, duobus ssepius amotis 

 parvis. Ungues: ungulse duas insistentes, et plerumque duae succenturiatae. 

 Illiger. 



Cervus cornibus caule elongate insidentibus basi bipartitis ramo altero elongato sub- 



contorto apice uncinate altero brevi acuto, laniariis exsertis longissimis, sinubus 



lacrymalibus maximis, facie rugosa sulcata. 

 Muntjak, in the language of the Sunda Javanese, spoken in the western parts of the 



Island in the mountainous districts from Cheribon to Bantam. 

 Kidang, in the Javanese language properly so called, employed in aU the districts 



east of Cheribon. 

 Kijang, in the Malayan language and in Sumatra. Marsden's Hist, of Sumatra, 



1783, p. 94: and Third Edition, 1811, p. 117, with a figure. 

 Rib-faced Deer, Pennants Hist, of Quadr. Second Edition, 1781, />. 107, n. 50. 

 ChevreuU des Indes, Allamand, Edition d'Hist. Nat. de Buffon. Amsterdam, 



C.C. 1780. Buff. Supp. tome 6, pi. XXVI. Cuv. Begne anim, p, 257. 



