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THE GREAT RUSA. 
Rusa hippelaphus. 
PLATE XI. 
Cerf-Noir du Bengale on Hippelaplie, F. Cuv. IIist.N at.des 
Afammi/.— The Great Rusa, Hamilton Smith in Griffith t 
Cuvier, iv. p. 105. 
This Deer is thought Iiy Frederick Cuvier to 
have been that described by Aristotle, while others 
ao-ain are inclined to consider the description of that 
naturalist might be equally applied to many of the 
other Indian species. 
Frederick Cuvier mentions it as found in Bengal, 
but he is nevertheless uncertain of the country whence 
his specimen came ; and the islands in the Indian 
Archipelago are much more probably the principal 
abode of this animal. The Great Rusa is remark- 
able for the ample mane which clothes its neck an 
shoulders, giving it a resemblance in this respect to 
a horse, whence the ancients applied tbeir name of 
Hippelaphus. The specimen in the Pans Collection 
was at the shoulders about three feet in height, with 
the dimensions of the other parts in proportion. The 
