BURMESE SEROW 



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BURMESE SEEOW (Nemorhaedus bubalinus sumatrensis). 



Although commonly regarded as a distinct species, there can be 

 little hesitation in classing this animal as a local race of t,he last, more 

 especially as intermediate forms appear to occur in the neighbourhood 

 of Darjiling. The chief distinction is the more decidedly rufous tint 

 of the hair of the eastern race. Height at shoulder about 34^ inches. 

 Distribution. — From the Eastern Himalaya, Moupin in Tibet, and 

 Yunnan, to Sumatra, occurring throughout the Assam Hills, Burma, 

 Siam, and the elevated tracts of the Malay Peninsula. 



British Museum. 



