RIB-FACED DEER SOI 



some species nearly allied to it are found in that 

 continent. 



RIB-FACED DEER. 



Cervus Muntjac. C. cormbus teretihns pilosis ret rover sis frifurck, 

 apice superiore wicinato. Lin, Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. i8o. 



Deer with trifurcated horns rising from a cylindric hairy base, 

 and with the upper fork hooked. 



Le Chevreuil des Indes. Buff. Suppl. 6. p. 195. pL 26. 



Rib-faced Deer. Pennant Quadr. i. p. 119. 



This species is a native of Java and Cej-lon, 

 and is somewhat smaller than the conynon Roe- 

 buck, and of a thick form, like the Porcine Deer. 

 The horns are trifurcated, and the upper fork is 

 hooked : they are placed on a bony process, like 

 a pedestal, elevated three inches from the skull, 

 and covered with hair ; but what seems princi- 

 pally to distinguish this animal is the appearance 

 of three longitudinal subcutaneous ribs extend- 

 ing from the horns to the eyes. From each side 

 of the upper jaw hangs a tusk, so that this spe- 

 cies differs, in that respect, from most of the 

 genus. It was first described by Mr. Pennant, 

 who informs us that it is called in the Malaye 

 tongue by the name of Kidang, and by the Ja- 

 vans, Munt-Jak, 



Mr. Pennant also adds, that the pedestals or 

 pillars on which the horns stand, grow thicker as 

 the animal advances in age, and the margin swells 

 out all round ; so that if the horns are forced off 



