264 nvsiSM. 



Both this and the spotted-deer are living in the Zoological Gardens, 

 and have bred there. 



Gen. Cervulus, Blainville. 



Syn. Styloceros, Smith ; Muntjacus, Gray. 



Char. — Horns raised on high hairy pedicles, with only one small basal 

 snag. Large canines in the upper jaw in both sexes ; muffle large ; two 

 conspicuous longitudinal facial creases; tail rather short; eye-pits very 

 large and mobile ; large feet-pits in the hind-feet ; no inguinal pits ; no 

 calcic tuft. 



The muntjacs are deer of small size, inhabiting dense forests, and are 

 peculiar to the Indian Idngdom,. By their long canines and small antlers 

 they be said to form a link to the MoschidcB, or musk-deer, but they do 

 not, I think, enter that family as Blyth has placed them. 



223. Cervulus aureus. 



Ham. Smith. — C. vaginalis, Boddaeet apud Blyth, Cat. 492. — C 

 rativa, Hodgson, As. Res. XVIII. 130, with iigure. — C. styloceros apud 

 OaiLBY, Eoylb's 111. Bot. Himal. pi. 5 f. 2. — C. alhipes, Waglbk. — C. 

 muntjac, apud Elliot, Cat. 53. — C. moschatus, Blaii^ille apud Hohs- 

 FiELD, Cat. 276. — Muntjacus vaginalis, Gray, Cat. Mamm,, and Cat. 

 Hodgson's Coll. — Kalcur, H., throughout Northern India. — Maya, Beng., 

 in Eungpore. — Ratwd, Nepal. — Karsiar, Bhot. — SiJclcij, or Suku, Lepch. — 

 Gutra and Gutri (m. and i.) of Gonds, in Central India. — Bekra or BeJair, 

 Mahr. — Kdn-kuri, Can. — Kukd-gori, Tel. — Jangli-hakra, vulgo of Mussal- 

 mans of Southern India, hence the name of jungle sheep in the Madras 

 Presidency. Barking-deer of sportsmen in Bengal ; rib-faced deer of 

 Pennant ; red hog-deer in Ceylon. 



The Rib-faced or Barking Deer. 



Descr. — Color a bright rufous-bay ; limbs internally, pubic region, and 

 tail beneath, white ; chin and lower jaw whitish ; some white spots in 

 front of the fetlocks of all four legs ; facial creases dark brown. 



Average length of male 3| feet ; tail 7 ; height 26 to 28 inches ; horn 

 8 to 10 inches. 



The doe is a little smaller, and has bristly black tufts of hair on a 

 knob in the spot where the horns of the buck are. 



