CHAPTER VII 



THE MALAYAN SAMBUR (CERVUS EQUINUS) 



(Burmese, ' Sat ') 



This fine animal is very similar to the Indian 

 sambur in general appearance and size, but 

 the horns are quite different. The plate in 

 Rowland Ward's book of horn measurements 

 shows the difference distinctly. The horns of 

 the Malayan sambur grow close together, and 

 are sometimes not much wider at the tips than 

 they are at the base. They are considerably 

 shorter than those of the Indian sambur, but 

 are usually thicker. The brow antler does not 

 stand out from the skull as in the Indian species, 

 but grows upwards at an acute angle, and is 

 often very long. Occasionally one meets with 

 specimens of the Malayan sambur in which the 

 brow antler is actually longer than the beam 

 from which it springs. Compared to the Indian 

 sambur the head has a stunted appearance, 

 as if the owner habitually lived in dense jungle 

 where wide-spreading horns would be a nuisance. 



