SCHOMBUIiGK'S DEER 



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Antlers of Schombuigk's Deer. From a specimen in the Uritish Museum. 



SCHOMBURGK'S DEER (Cervus schomburgki). 



Allied to the preceding, but the antlers smooth, rounded, and 

 more complex ; the brow tine very long, frequently forked, and arising 

 nearly at right angles to the beam, which is very short, compressed, 

 and regularly forked, with each of the main branches about equally 

 developed and again forking in a similar manner to terminate in long 

 cylindrical tines. General colour uniform dark brown. Height at 

 shoulder about 3 feet 5 inches. 



Distribution. — The northern districts of Siam. 



