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Length, 6 to 7 feet; height 13 to 14 hands at the shoulder; tail 12 to 

 13 inches; ears 7 to 8. Some are stated to be larger than this even. 



It has been for long a disputed point whether the Himalayan Jerrow 

 was distinct from, the Samber of Central India or not. Horsfield, in his Ca- 

 talogue of Mammalia, gives three species, B. equina, from Southern India ; 

 R. hippelaphus, and JR. aristotelis, from the Himalayas. Hodgson makes 

 three races from the hills alone, viz., C. hippelaphus, the samber, or Phursa 

 jarai, i. e., the hoary jerrow ; C aristotelis, the Rato jarai, or red jerrow ; 

 and C. heterocercus, the Kalo jarai. The former is said to have a dark 

 hide copiously sprinkled with hoary ; the basal antler recurved towards 

 the beam, and the posterior process of the bifurcation much longer than 

 the anterior one. C. aristotelis is said to have the frontal branch elongate, 

 the rump very rufous, and the posterior terminal snag very small and 

 approximate to the other. The animal is also said to be smaller. C. 

 heterocercus, is stated to have the upper part of the beam simple ; the 

 body color very dark, almost black ; and to be much smaller than the two 

 last. Gray, in his Catalogue of Mammalia of the British Museum, gives 

 R. aristotelis, hippelaphus and equinus. R. equina, by some restricted to 

 Southern India, by others looked on as the Rusa of the Malayan countries, 

 is said to differ from hippelaphus in having the basal antler directed for- 

 wards, and in the upper branch of the summit being small and directed 

 backwards ; and C leschenaultii, stated to be from Southern India, is 

 described as being not so dark as the Rusa of Bengal, with the horns 

 angulated and more rugose, and the caudal disk more developed. Colonel 

 Sykes too, in his Catalogue, speaking of the race of Western India, says, 

 " not so large nor so dark as C. niger of Bengal." 



Blyth was at one time inclined to consider that the Himalayan Jerroio, 

 C. aristotelis, differed from G. hippelaphus of Central and Southern India, 

 stating that the Jerrow was larger, of a darker color, and with the hair on 

 the head and neck more lengthened. The horns too were considered to be 

 generally larger and more diverging than those of Southern India, and the 

 forehead to be broader. Latterly however, and in his Catalogue, he looked 

 upon them as all belonging to one species ; and after seeing these deer in 

 the Himalayas, in Central India, and in Southern India, I quite agree with 

 this decision. The chief distinctions relied on in naming these races are a 

 difference of size of the anunals, and of their horns, the comparative size 

 of the basal and terminal snags, different shades of color, with the more or 

 less developed mane, and the more or less marked caudal disk. Many of 



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