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Muntjacs 



2. The Tibetan Muntjac — Cervulus lachrymans 



Cervulus hicrvmans, Milne-Edwards, Arch. Mus. Paris, vol. vii. p. 93 

 ( 1 87 1 ) , and Recherches Ma mm. p. 348 (1872-74) ; Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1874, p. 40, 1878, p. 899 ; Anderson, Yunnan Expedition, p. 338 (1878). 



Cervulus sc/ateri, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 814; Brooke, 

 1874, p. 40 ; Gray, Hand-list Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 165 (1873) ; W. L. 

 Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. part ii. p. 173 (1891). 



Characters. — Nearly allied to the last, but slightly smaller, the height 

 at the shoulder being about 19 inches. General colour of pelage bright 

 rufous brown, with the hairs on the back speckled, the neck and head 

 bright yellowish brown ; the face-markings and under-parts as in the 

 preceding species. 



Sir Victor Brooke's description of this species is as follows :- — 



" The entire forehead, occiput and outer side of ear-conchs yellow. 

 The intensity of the yellow varies in different specimens, but is always 

 sufficiently strong to form a very conspicuous character in the appearance of 

 the males of this species. A line running up the inside of the horn- 

 pedestals, starting from the frontal glands, jet-black, this marking contrasting 

 strongly with the yellow of the forehead; cheeks, anterior parts of neck and 

 throat, belly, and upper surface of tail foxy red. Chin, a line running down 

 the anterior surface of the tibial portion of the hind-limbs and under surface 

 of tail white. The rest of the body bluish brown speckled with red." 



In addition to its inferior size, the chief external characteristic distin- 

 guishing this species from the last appears to be the brighter and more 

 yellow tint of the head and neck. The skulls of the two forms are distinguished 

 sufficiently by their size, that of C. muntjac measuring 8 : J, inches in length, 

 and that of the present species only about 7 inches. The type specimen is 

 in the Paris Museum. 



Distribution. — Moupin, in Eastern Tibet, and the hills near Hangchau, 

 China ; probably also in some of the intermediate districts. 



3. The Chinese Muntjac — Cervulus reevesi 



Cervus reevesii, Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1838, p. 105. 



Prox reevesii, Sundevall, K. Svenska Vet. Ak. Handl. for 1844, p. 185 



