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The genus Cervulus is confined to the Indian and the south-east- 

 ern parts of the Palsearctic regions. Besides the species men- 

 tioned below, there exists C. sclateri (=C. lacrimans) and C. cri- 

 nifrons, both from China. 



The Indian form of Cervulus muntjac was at one time thought 

 to differ specifically from the Sumatra and Javan form, and the 

 point does not yet seem to be quite satisfactorily decided. I have, 

 however, followed Sir V. Brooke (P. Z. S., 1874, p. 33) in uniting 

 the two forms under the name of C. muntjac. 



Cervulus muntjac. 



Cervus muntjak, Zimmerman Geog. Geschichte, ii, p. 131 (1780) ; Raffles 



Linn. 7"ra»s, xiii, p. 265 ; Sykes P.Z. S., 1831,?. 104 ; Elliot Madr . J ourn., 



x, p. 221 ; Cantor J. A. S. B., xv, p 269; Walker Calc. Journ. N. H., iii, 



p. 267 ; Jentink Notes Leyd. Mus., xi, p. 25. 

 Cervus vaginalis, Boddaert Blench. Anim,, i, p. 136 (1785)*. 

 Cervulus moschatus, Blainville Bull. Soc. Philom., p. 77 (1816)*. 

 Cervus (Stylocerus) aureus, If. Smith, Griffith Ann. Kingd., iv, p. 148 (1827). 

 Cervus ratwa, Hodgson As, Res., xviii, pt. 2, p. 139, with plate (1829); id. 



J. A. S. B., X, p. 914; Wagner Hugel's Kaschmir, iv, p. 578. 

 Prox moschatus, Ogilby P. Z. 5., p. 135 (1836). 

 Cervus melas, Ogilby Royle Himal. Bot., p. Ixxiii (1839). 

 Muntjacus vaginalis, Blyth J. A. S. B., xx, p. 174 (1851). 

 Stylocerus muntjacus, Kelaart Prodr. Faun. Zeylan., p. 85 (1852). 

 Cervulus vaginalis, Adams P.Z. S., p. 53° ('858); Blyth Cat., p. 154; 



Swinhoe P. Z. S., 1869, p. 632. 

 Cervulus aureus, Jerdon Mamm., p. 264 ; McMaster Notes on Jerdon, p. 94 ; 



Blyth y.A.S. B., xliv, Burma List, p. 46 ; Kinloch Large Came Shooting, 



ii, p. 2'5 [ plate of head]. 

 Cervulus muntjac, Brooke P. Z. S., p. 38 (1874) ; P. L. Sclaier P. Z S., 1875, 



p. 421 ; Anderson Anat. Zool. Res., p. 337. 



The Kakur, Barking Deer or Rib-faced Deer of North India ; the 

 Jungle sheep of South India; and the Red Hog Deer of Ceylon ; 

 Kakur, Hind.; Maya, Bengalee; Ratwa of Nepaulese; Bekra, 

 Mahratti; Kankuri, Canarese ; Jungli bukra of South India Mus- 

 salman ; Karsiar of Bhooteas ; Sikku of Lepchas ; Gutra of Gonds ; 

 Kuka gori, Telegu ; Welly or Hoola Morha of Singalese ; Hoogeree 

 of Assam ; Gee of Burma. 



Distribution. — The Kakur is found all over India, Burma, Indo- 

 China,the Malay peninsula and the Islands of Sumatra, Java, Banka, 

 Borneo and Hainan (Swinhoe). In India proper it is found from 

 Kashmir (Hugel) in the north to Ceylon (Kelaart) on the south ; 

 it is replaced in Eastern Thibet and South China by the next 

 species and by C. sclateri. 



a. Skin (flat) India Mus., London, 1880. 



b. Skin (flat) $ Nepal (Hodgson) India Mus., London, 1880. 



c. Skin (flat) Sanda Valley, Yunnan, J. Anderson. 



7-68. 



d. Skin (flat) Sanda Valley, Yunnan, ]. Anderson. 



7-68. 



