CERVID^ 61 



upper molars high-crowned, with small additional column on 

 inner side. Young uniformly coloured or spotted. In old 

 animals the nasals develop a plate at the upper expanded 

 portion which tends to grow over the lachrymal vacuity of 

 the same side; in some of the smaller forms — notably the 

 Philippine — the vacuity is reduced to a mere slit. 



The distributional area includes the greater part of the 

 Oriental region, extending northwards into Sze-chuan. 



The species here recognised may be distinguished as 

 follows : — 



A. Antler-pedicles and auditory bullae normal. 

 A'. Coat uniformly coloured. 



A". Antlera rounded and, normally, 3-tined. 



a. Size large to small ; dorsal hairs not 



annulated ; antlers stout and rugose, 

 with the hind terminal tine, when it 

 and its fellow are unequal, the longer 

 and forming the continuation of the 

 beam ; intercornual space V- or 

 U-shaped C. {B.) unicolor. 



b. Size large to medium; dorsal hairs 



annulated ; antlers thinner and less 

 rugose, .with the hind terminal tine 

 the longer, and forming the continua- 

 tion of the beam ; intercornual space 



lyrate C (iJ.) fimoriensis. 



B". Antlers flattened and many-tined. 



Size medium C. (iJ.) lavistocM* 



B . Coat spotted. 



Size medium C. (iJ.) alfredi. 



B. Antler - pedicles longer and auditory bullae 



larger. 



Size small C. [B.) hiihli. 



IV. CERVUS (EUSA[?]) KUHLI. 



Cervus kuhlii.f Miiller and Schlegel, Verh. Nat. Qeschied. Nederland. 



Zool. p. 223, 1844; Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 902; 



Ward, Records of Big Oame, ed. 2, p. 11, 1896; LydeJcker, 



Deer of All Lands, p. 174, 1898. 

 Cervus (Hippelaphus) kuhlii, Sundevall, E. Svenslca Vet.-Ah. Handl. 



1844, p. 179, 1846. 

 Rusa kuhlii.t Gray, List Osteol. Brit. Mus. p. 68, 1847, Cat. 



Bunvinants Brit. Mus. p. 79, 1872, Hand-List Buyninants Brit. 



* Provisionally ranked as a species, 

 t Modified by later writers to Ttuhli. 



