2^6 



Milou Deer 



Perk David's Milou Deer — Elaphurus davidianus 



Elaphurus davidianus, Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 5, vol. x. p. 380, 

 and Arch. Mus. Pan's, vol. ii. p. 27 (1866) ; Gray, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. 

 p. 82 (1872) ; Fitzinger, SB. Ak. Wien, vol. lxx. part i. p. 329 (1874). 



Cervus davidianus, Sclater, Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. vii. p. 333 (1871) ; 

 Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 906 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, p. 17 



( l8 9 6 )- Plate XIX 



Characters. — Height at shoulder about 3 feet 9 inches, or nearly the size 

 of a large red deer. Head large, with small eyes and ears, and a long, 

 narrow muzzle ; limbs stout. Hair generally short and smooth, but longer 

 on the middle line of the chest and under-parts, and on the neck and throat 

 of adult males forming a mane. General colour of upper-parts reddish 

 tawny with a tinge of gray, passing through an ill-defined darker band on 

 the sides to a more decided whitish gray on the under-parts ; the neck, 

 chest, and lower portion of throat dark brown ; on the neck and fore part 

 of the back a blackish brown longitudinal stripe, and a similar stripe on the 

 chest ; rump and inner side of thighs yellowish white, passing gradually into 

 the general colour of the body ; outer side of upper part of limbs similar to 

 the back, inner side and lower portion whitish yellow-gray ; tail like back, 

 except the terminal tuft, which is blackish brown ; the face brownish, with 

 a whitey brown patch round the eye, bordered on the inner side by a dark 

 brown streak ; chin and inside of ears white, and a whitish oblique streak 

 on the sides of the muzzle, above the nostrils. Female somewhat lighter 

 coloured. Young reddish brown with a tinge of yellow, at first spotted 

 profusely with white. 1 



The following dimensions of antlers are recorded by Mr. Rowland 

 Ward :— 



Length along 

 Outer Curve. 



Basal 

 Circumference. 



Tip to Tip. 



Widest inside. 



Number of 

 Points. 





6f 



I3| 



1 81 



8-8 



30| 



5 



35iV 



35 1« 



I I-IO 



2 8-1- 



51 



26i 



? 



3-3 



27 



Si 



2 Gi- 



p 



6-5 



22 



4l 



rl 



? 



4-3 



1 Brooke suggested that the young were unspotted, but this is disproved by the specimens born at 

 Woburn Abbey. 



