Hog- Deer 



177 



Length along 

 Outer Curve. 



Basal 

 Circumference. 



T 1 p to Tip. 



Loch 1 it y. 



21 



3± 





Pegu 



20l 



3 



1 



9sr 



XT TX7 T"> 



JN.-W. Provinces 



20^ 



3l 





XT 1 



Nepal 



1 



3i 



131 



XT TT T 'f* * 



JN.-W. Provinces 



*9i 



3i 



1 



9i 



T J ' 



India 





3i 



16^ 



Burma 



i9i 



3l 



i8f 



India 





31 



9i 



Nepal 



*7* 





9i 



India 



i6| 



3 



1 of 



? 



1 61 



J8 



Hi 



Nepal 



Doubts have been expressed as to whether the hog-deer is spotted in 

 the adult summer pelage, and it is probable that many individuals are never 

 so marked, and that in most or all the dappling disappears before the 

 assumption of the autumn coat. Mr. Blanford states that he has watched 

 the appearance of the spotted summer garb in several individuals for two 

 or three successive seasons in the Calcutta Zoological Gardens, and the 

 spotting has been very noticeable in specimens living in the park at Woburn 

 Abbey, one of which is shown in the accompanying figure. Mr. Sclater 

 regards the spotted hog -deer as a distinct species, under the name of 

 Cervus minor. According, however, to Mr. Blanford, Hodgson's Axis 

 minor is a synonym of the Indian spotted deer, and therefore if the spotted 

 hog-deer were a distinct species or sub-species, it would require a new name. 

 In Mr. Blanford's description the under-parts of the hog-deer are stated to 

 be lighter in colour than the back, whereas, in the summer coat at least, 

 they are much darker ; this species and the preceding being almost the only 

 deer besides the wapiti in which this peculiar type of coloration obtains. 



Distribution. — India, throughout the Indo-Gangetic plain from Sind and 

 the Punjab to Assam, thence through Sylhet to Burma and Tenasserim. 

 Although it has been reported from the highlands of Central India and 

 Bombay, it is very doubtful if the species ranges to any extent into Penin- 

 sular India, except that it may be found some distance up the larger 

 tributaries of the Ganges. It has been reported from Madras, but apparently 

 owing to the name hog-deer having been improperly applied to the Indian 

 chevrotain and muntjac. In Ceylon it has been introduced into certain 



