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(1846) ; Fitzinger, SB. Ak. Wien, vol. lxviii. part i. p. 362 (1873), lxxix. 

 part i. p. 60 (1879). 



Cervulus reeves H, Gray, Knows ley Menagerie, p. 65 (1850), Cat. Ungulata 

 Brit. Mas. p. 220 (1852), Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 94 (1872) ; Brooke, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 899 ; Anderson, Yunnan Expedition, p. 338 (1878). 



Cervulus reevesi, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1862, p. 361 ; W. L. Sclater, 

 Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. part ii. p. 174 ( 1 89 1 ) . 



Cervulus micrurus, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 421, 1876, p. 696. 



Characters. — The smallest member of the group, the size being about 

 one-third less than that of the Indian species. Face shorter and broader, 

 the pedicles of the antlers less divergent, and the face-glands considerably 

 larger than in the two preceding species. General colour of pelage reddish 

 chestnut speckled with yellowish gray, a distinct black band running down 

 the nape of the neck, limbs blackish brown, under-parts and face-markings 

 much as in the two preceding species. Length of skull 5f inches ; its 

 gland-pit very large. 



The distinctive points in this species are the small size, the large face- 

 gland, and the black nape-streak. Dr. Anderson gives minute details as to 

 differences between the skull and that of C. reevesi. 



Distribution. — Southern China, as far north as Ningpo, and Formosa. 



Habits. — In Formosa Mr. Swinhoe states that this muntjac affects the 

 lower ranges of hills, which are covered with long coarse grass and tangled 

 thicket. " It is there usually found in small herds, basking in the sun, or 

 lying in hidden lairs. They are very seldom approached near, except by 

 stealth. The least noise startles them, and they dash away with bounds 

 through the yielding grass, occasionally showing their rounded backs above 

 the herbage. They have, however, their regular creeps and passes through 

 the covert, near which the natives lie when stalking them, while others 

 drive them. The little startled creatures hurry from danger along those 

 beaten tracks, and are thus picked off with the matchlock." 



4. The Tenasserim Muntjac — Cervulus fe^e 



Cervulus fece, Thomas and Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, ser. 2, vol. vii. p. 92 

 (1889) ; Blanford, Fauna Brit. India — Mamm. p. 534 (1891) ; Thomas, 

 Ann. Mus. Genova, vol. x. p. 945, plate x (1892). 



Plate XVI, fig. 1 



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