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Elaphine Group 



b. Yarkand Race — Cervus cashmirianus yarcandensis 



Cervus cashmirianus yarkandensis, Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 1 17. 

 Cervus yarkandensis, Blantbrd, op. cit. 1893, p. 447. 

 Cervus yarcandensis, Lydekker, ibid. 1896, p. 933. 



Characters. — The antlers less spreading, with their terminal (fifth) 

 tines less inclined inwards, and therefore separated by a wider interval than 

 in the typical race. The pelage is stated to be generally pale-coloured, 

 with a well-marked caudal disk. Several skulls in the British Museum 

 show the normal five tines, but in one specimen presented by Mr. H. 

 Leonard an extra tine is developed on the crown of each side so as to form 

 an imperfect cup. 



In his original description Mr. Blanford was careful to state that the 

 name yarkandensis was to be used in a sub-specific sense, and that this form 

 must not be regarded as specifically distinct from the Kashmir stag. In the 

 type specimen the two antlers are respectively 35 and 34 inches in length, 

 measured along the beam and round the curves, the basal circumfer- 

 ence above the burr being 6f inches. 



Distribution. — Eastern Turkestan, in the woods on the Yarkand or 

 Tarim river. 



I have not met with any account of the habits of this deer, which are 

 probably, however, very similar to those of the Kashmir race. 



4. The Shou — Cervus affinis 



(?) Cervus wallicliii, Cuvier, Ossemens Fossiles, ed. 4, vol. vi. p. 89 

 (1835). 



Cervus affinis, Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. x. p. 721 (1841) ; 

 Sclater, Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. vii. p. 343 ( 1 87 1 ) ; Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1878, p. 913 ; Sterndale, Mamm. Ind. p. 514 (1884) ; W. L. Sclater, Cat. 

 Mamm. bid. Mus. part ii. p. 184 (1891) ; Blanford, Fauna Brit. Ind.— 

 Mamm. p. 537 ( 1 8 9 1 ) ; Ward, Records of Big Game, p. 41 (1896). 



(?) P seudocervus wallichii, Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. x. 

 p. 904 ( 1 84 1 ) ; Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 180 (1843). 



Characters. — Size probably equal to that of the wapiti. Antlers of the 



