Indian Sambar 147 



examples over 35 inches in length may be considered good ; even such 

 dimensions being, I believe, never reached by the Malayan sambar. 



Length along 

 Outer Curve. 



Circumference 

 above Brow-tine. 



Tip to Tip. 



Widest 

 inside. 



Locality. 





6| 



24i 



3°f 



? 



45i 



6| 



i7t 



32l 



? 



45 



7f 



22I 



33t 



Central Jrrovinces. 



45 



7i 



44| 



P 



Western Cjhats. 



44i 



/8 



44"! 



45l 



Central rrovinces. 



44 



? 



34 



? 





44 



6 



1 



9i 



24I 





43 



7* 



35* 



38 



Gwahor. 



42f 



5f 



26 



32i 



Central Provinces. 



421 (Fig. 38) 61 



!5 



27f 



Ghats of Simrol. 





6i 



33i 



35i 



Western Ghats. 



A T 3 



4I4 



7 



28I 



34f 



? 



41-1 



7i 



3 T t 



36| 



Nepal. 



44 



6i 



3°i 



36^ 



Central Provinces. 



4i 



6f 



i8i 



29 





40^ 



5# 



33 



37i 



? 



Out of a total of sixty-eight specimens catalogued by Mr. Rowland Ward 

 in only seven does the number of points reach four, the extra tine in most 

 cases being only developed on one side ; so that all such variations can only 

 be regarded as abnormal sports. 



Distj'ibutiofh — India and Ceylon, probably extending eastwards as far as 

 the Assam valley, where the range may be separated by the Bramaputra 

 from that of the next sub-species, with which, however, it may intergrade 

 in this district. The Ceylon form is a smaller animal than the one from 

 the mainland. Sir Victor Brooke included Burma, Siam, and Hainan in 

 the range of this race ; but, as suggested by Mr. W. L. Sclater, there can 

 be no doubt that those countries should be included in the habitat of the 

 Malayan sambar. Regarding its distribution in India, Mr. Blanford remarks 

 that "the sambar ascends the Himalayas in places to 9000 or 10,000 feet, 

 and is common on the summits of the ranges in Southern India and Ceylon. 

 It is not common on alluvial flats, though it is occasionally found on them, 

 at considerable distances from the hills. It is, of course, wanting in the 

 treeless plains of the Punjab, Sind, and Western Rajputana." 



