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is bigger, the white caudal area is not so large, and completely bordered 
with black. The does frequently retain a tinge of red and spots on the 
hindquarters. 
The Formosan sika (C. s. taevanus ) is light chestnut in summer, with 
large white spots, which are distinctly retained in the winter coat, and a 
black stripe on the back and tail very strongly marked. 
The Pekin sika or Dybowski’s deer (C. s. hortulorum). I have dealt with 
this species fully in the chapter on Chinese game. 
The smaller southern race, C. hortulorum kopschi , which is found in the 
neighbourhood of the Yangtse, has a dark line down the back, which is 
absent in the larger animal. I have dealt with it in the chapter on Chinese 
game. 
The Mandarin sika ( G . mandarinus) is a doubtful species known by a 
specimen in the museum in Paris. Possibly it may be identical with the 
Pekin sika. 
The Mesopotamian fallow deer ( C . \Dama\ mesopotamicus) is larger and 
lighter than the ordinary fallow deer, carrying a different type of antler. 
So far as I know they have not been hunted to any extent by Europeans. 
They are found in parts of Northern Asia Minor and the mountains of 
Luristan in Mesopotamian Persia. 
Other Asiatic deer which it is unnecessary for me to specify more fully, 
as they are dealt with by other writers in the present volume, are: 
The Elk (A Ices machlis bedfordice) of Eastern Siberia, with which my 
friend, Mr J. G. Millais, is dealing. 
The Hangul or Kashmir Barasingh (C. cashmirianus or C. hangul). 
The Sambur (C. [ Rusa] unicolor ) of which several races are recognized. 
C. u. dejeani comes from Western China and carries very massive 
antlers, which show a tendency to develop small supplemental snags. 
The Rusa (C. hippelaphus typicus and moluccensis ), which is found in Java, 
the Moluccas and Celebes, standing about the same size as a red deer, 
though the general form and colour is more like a sambur. They have 
been introduced into Mauritius and Rodriguez Islands. 
The Chital or Axis deer (C. axis). 
The Hog deer or Para ( C . [ Hyelaphus ] porcinus). 
The Bavian deer (C. [Hyelaphus\ kuhli). 
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