SYNOPSIS OP THE 



heavy, robust, ashy-gray; basal antler nearly vertical, with 

 a small process between it and the beam ; near the summit 

 a second antler, posterior and internal ; the animal less than 

 the Fallow-deer, with longitudinal eminence on the skull, 

 and near the nose two remarkable convexities ; no canines ; 

 colour dark brown. 



C. Marianus, Desmarest, G. Cuvier. 



Icon. Nobis from the specimen in the Paris Museum. 



Inhabits the Marianna Islands. 



Sub-genus VI. — Axis. Horns similar to the former, but 

 more slender ; no canines ; small, or no suborbital opening ; 

 generally spotted with white; no mane; tail down to the 

 houghs ; size middling or small. 



786. 16. C. Axis (the Axis.) Horns round, elongated, 

 rather smooth; anterior antler near the burr; summits 

 of beams converging ; second antler medial, on the internal 

 side of the beam turning to the rear ; no canines, or sub- 

 orbital sinus; colours bright fulvous, spotted with white ; 

 tail long, brown above, the end dark ; spots on ridge gene- 

 rally oval ; spot on forehead dark. 



Var. Of Ceylon, browner with small white spots, irre- 

 gular, none on the forehead ; head more prolonged. 



Common Hog-deer, smaller, more irregularly spotted ; 

 low on the legs ; horns slender ; antlers very short, the 

 second near the summit. 



Axis, Pliny. Belon. Pen. Buffon. Cervus Axis, Auctor. 

 Axis, G. and F. Cuv. Shaw. Parrah of Indostan, and 

 perhaps the Ruru of the Institutes of Menu. 



Icon. Buff. F. Cuv. The varieties in our possession. 



Inhabits the plains near Surput and the Jungles of In- 

 dostan, Ceylon, Java, Sumatra. 



787, 17. C. Porcinus (the Brown Porcine Axis.) Horns 



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