Malayan Sambar 151 



Cervus ma/accensis, F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm. vol. i. plate x (1824). 



Cervus (Rusa) equinus, H. Smith, in Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. iv. 

 p. 1 1 2, v. p. 310 (1 827). 



Rusa equina, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 179 (1843) > Jerdon, 

 Mamm. India, p. 260 (1867) ; Fitzinger, SB. Ak. Wien, vol. lxx. part i. 

 p. 290 (1874). 



Axis pennanti, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 179 (1843). 



Cervus (Hippelaphus) equinus, Sundevall, K. Svenska Vet. Ak. Hand/, for 

 1844, p. 178 (1846). 



Rusa equinus, Gray, Cat. Ungu/ata Brit. Mus. p. 210 (1852), Cat. 

 Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 77 (1872). 



Rusa equina ma/accensis, Fitzinger, SB. Ak. Wien, vol. lxx. part i. p. 294 



(i8 7 4)- 



Rusa equina pennantii, Fitzinger, I.e. p. 296 (1874). 



Cervus brookei, Hose, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. xii. p. 206 

 (1893). 



Plate XI 



Characters. — Nearly as large as the typical Indian sambar ; but the 

 antlers generally shorter and thicker, with the hinder or inner tine of the 

 terminal fork much shorter than the front or outer tine, and arising as a 

 spur from the inner hind margin of the beam, of which the hinder tine 

 forms the direct continuation ; the brow-tine also in most cases relatively 

 longer. General colour darker, approaching to black or slaty gray in old 

 stags ; generally a light ring round the eye ; the ears rather smaller, often 

 with a distinct white margin ; the legs frequently light-coloured ; and the 

 tail much more bushy. Face comparatively long and straight. Very 

 young fawns, at least frequently, distinctly or faintly spotted on the hind- 

 quarters, the general colour being foxy red, with the tail and a line down 

 the back blackish or black. 



That this deer is not entitled to rank as a distinct species may, I think, 

 be regarded as certain, although it appears to have good claims to sub-specific 

 distinction. After remarking on its difference from the typical sambar, Sir 

 Victor Brooke states that he has seen skulls and antlers from Siam which are 

 intermediate between the Indian and the Bornean races. None have, how- 

 ever, ever come under my own notice from the countries to the east of the 

 Bay of Bengal which resemble those of the Indian race. Although very 



