176 MAMMALIA. 



^ The second brow antler considerably exceeds the 

 first in length. , C. cashmeriaous, p. 184. 



Cervus aristotelis. 



Cervus aristotelis, G. Cwvier Oss. foss., 2nd ed., iv, p. 503 (1823)*; Walker 



Calc. Journ. N. H., iii, p. 267 ; Blyih J. A. S. B„ xi, p. 449; Brooke P. 



Z. S., 1878, p. 901 ; Pollok Sport in Brit, Burma., i, p. 139. 

 Cervus leschenaultii, G. Cumer Oss. foss., 2nd ed., iv (1823)*. 

 Cervus hippelaphus, apud Duvaucel As. Res., xv, p. 157, with plate (1825) ; 



Elliot Madr. Journ., x, p. 220 ; Blyth J. A. S. B., xi, p. 449 ; Blyth J. A. 



S. B., XX, p. 174; Kelaari Prodr. Faun. Zeylan., p. 83. 

 Cervus (Rusa) aristotelis, H. Smith, Griffith An. Kingd., iv, p. no (1827). 

 Cervus (Rusa) unicolor, H. Smith, Griffith An. Kingd., iv., p. 108 (1827). 

 Cervus jarai, Hodgson Gleanings in Science, iii, p. 321, pi. xxi (1831); id. 



J. A. S. B., i, p. 66, pi. V. 

 Cervus equinus, apud Sykes P. Z. S., p. 104 (1831). 

 Rusa jaraya ^ 



Rusa napalensis > Hodgson f. A. S. B., x, p. 914 (1841). 

 Rusa heterocurvus ) 

 Rusa aristotelis, Blyth Cat., p. 150 (1863); Jerdon Mamm., p. 256; 



McMaster Notes on Jerdon, p. 68 ; Blyth j. A. S. B., xViv, Burma List, 



p. 4S ; Kinloch Large Game Shooting, ii, p. 24 ; Gilbert J. Bomb. Soc, 



iii, p. 224, 1 



Sambur in the plains ; Gerow in the Himalayas, and Elk in 

 Southern India and Ceylon ; Sambur, Hind, and Mahratta; Jarai or 

 Jarao of the Paharris of the Himalayas ; Maha in the Terai ; 

 Mahao of the Gonds ; Cadavi, Canarese ; Kannadi, Telegu ; Ghous 

 or Gaoj in Eastern |Bengal ; Gona Rusa, Cingalese; Khatkhowah 

 Pohoo, Assamese ; Schap, Burmese. 



Distribution. — India generally from the Himalayas to the extreme 

 south and Ceylon ; not found west of the Sutlej (Kinloch), but 

 extending eastward through Assam, Burma and Siam to Hainan .? 



Cervus equinus is said by Brooke (/. c.) to come from Borneo 

 and Sumatra, and he also suggests that it may possibly turn out 

 to be indistinguishable from the true Cervus aristotelis. In the 

 Museum collection all the heads coming from Assam and Burma 

 differ markedly from the true Indian heads, in that the outer tine 

 always surpasses the inner tine in length, while in the true Indian 

 forms the outer and inner tines are of approximately equal length ; 

 this is the difference as noted by Brooke between Cervus aristo- 

 telis and C. equinus ; it is therefore quite possible that it is not 

 the true Cervus aristotelis that is found in Assam and Burma, but 

 the allied species Cervus equinus. 



K. Skull and $ Assam F. Jenkins (1846), A.S.B. 



horns. 



h. Skull and $ Assam E. V. Westmacott {1866), 



horns. A. S. B. 



c. Skull and $ Arakan Sir A. Phayre (1847), A.S.B. 



horns. 



