Luzon Sambar 



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e. Luzon Race — Cervus unicolor philippinus 



Cervus mariannus, Desmarest, Mammalogie, vol. ii. p. 436 (1822) ; 

 Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1S77, p. 53, 1878, p. 901. 



Cervus (Stylocerus) philippinus, H. Smith, in Griffith's Animal Kingdom, 

 vol. iv. p. 147, v. p. 319 (1827). 



Cervus (Rusa) marianus, H. Smith, op. cit. pp. 304, 311 (1827). 



Cervus philippinus, Fischer, Synopsis Mamm. p. 622 (1829) ; Brooke, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 51, 1878, p. 901. 



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

 for 1844, p. 179 (1846). 



Cervus (Hippelaphus) marianus, Sundevall, op. cit. p. 180 (1846). 



Rusa philippinus, Gray, Knows ley Menagerie, p. 63 (1850), Cat. Ungulata 

 Brit. Mus. p. 211 (1852). 



Rusa paradoxa, Brehm, Zool. Garten Hamburg, 1864, p. 11. 



Rusa mariannus, Gray, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 78 (1872). 



Rusa marianna, Fitzinger, SB. Ak. Wien, vol. lxviii. part i. p. 355 

 (1873), lxx. part i. p. 304 (1874). 



Rusa philippina, Fitzinger, op. cit. lxviii. p. 355, lxx. p. 306 (1874). 



Ussa marianus, Heude, Mem. hist. nat. emp. Chinois, vol. ii. p. 40 (1888). 



Cervus marianus, Ward, Records of Big Game, p. 9 (1896). 



Characters. — Nearly allied to the two last. Height at shoulder about 

 28 inches ; general build stout and massive, with the hind-quarters not 

 specially elevated, and the form that of a small Malayan sambar. General 

 colour of pelage rich ruddy brown, darkest on the back and lightest on the 

 neck ; forehead and cheek rufous fawn ; a blackish streak starting from 

 over each eye to form a median line down the face, which is separated by 

 a pale band of fawn from a narrow moustache-like mark on the muzzle ; 

 under-parts uniformly brown ; metatarsal gland forming a rufous spot much 

 lighter than the rest of the leg ; ears moderate, covered externally with 

 short, close-set hairs. Antlers nearly similar to those of the Malayan race, 

 being very massive, nearly straight, with a very long brow-tine, and the 

 inner tine of the terminal fork markedly shorter than the outer one. Skull 

 rather elevated in the nasal region, and the lachrymal vacuity large and 

 triangular. 



In a skull from the Marianne Islands in the British Museum, one of 



