Malayan Sambar 153 



" General colour of the fawn rufous, browner on head, neck, and 

 shoulders, richer on the posterior back, fore-limbs from elbows downwards, 

 thighs, and outer sides of hind-limbs. Muzzle and sides of face brown ; 

 forehead and crown rufous. Ears externally dark blackish brown, edged 

 with pale rufous, internally whitish. Back with an indistinct mesial black- 

 ish line. Shoulders and rump spotted, the spots small, yellowish, few in 

 number on the shoulders, more numerous on the upper side of the rump. 

 Inner sides of limbs, both fore and hind, and belly whitish, with a strong 

 suffusion of rufous, especially towards the feet. Chest between the fore 

 limbs deep shining black, this colour extending backwards along the lower 

 part of the sides, where it is divided in the centre by the whitish or 

 yellowish belly-colour. Middle of metatarsals with an elongated tuft of rich 

 rufous hairs, tipped with black. Feet rufous, without black markings." 



He adds that the young differs from the typical C. unicolor equinus by 

 being fully spotted, instead of being almost or quite unspotted ; and also 

 states that it does not show the same striking contrast between the deep 

 black of the chest and tail and the brilliant rufous of the sides and rump. 

 The latter differences, if constant, I should not regard as of even sub- 

 specific value. And the cases cited prove that very young fawns of the 

 Malayan sambar are frequently, if not invariably, faintly spotted. 



The following dimensions of antlers are taken from Mr. Rowland 

 Ward's book ; the first five specimens in his list are, however, omitted, as 

 being from Java, and thus apparently referable to C. hippelaphus. 



Length along 

 Outer Curve. 



Basal 

 Circumference. 



Tip to Tip. 



Wiriest 

 inside. 



Locality. 



3°i 



A 3. 

 48 





«i 



Burma 



29I 



6 



i6| 





? 







»i 



I2l 



? 



261 



6| 



24i 



? 



Perak 



2 3i 



7 



«5i 



? 



Borneo 





4i 



i6| 



i6| 



? 



i6i 



4i 



51 



? 



Perak 



Distribution. — Apparently ranging from Assam and Cachar through 

 Burma and the Malay Peninsula to Siam, Hainan, Borneo, and, it is said, 

 Sumatra. The reasons for regarding the Burmese sambar as referable to 

 this and not the preceding race have already been given. There are antlers 



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