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and legs darker; line down the front and the inside of the thighs 
white. 
Porcine Deer, Pennant, Syn. 42. t. 8. f. 2. Cerf Cochon , Buffon, 
Supp. iii. 122. t. 18 (in summer).— Cervusporcinus, Zimmerm.; Schreb. 
t. 251; F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lithog. t. .— Hyelaphus porcinus , Sun- 
dev. Pecora, 58; Gray, Knows. Menag. 64. t. 42; Cat. Ost. B. M. 6 7. 
.— Axis porcinus , Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, x. 914 ; Gia^, 
Cat. Hodgson’s Coll. B. M. 33.— Cervus niger , Hamilton, Icon, ined.; 
Blainv. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1816, 76 ; Fischer, Syn. 454 ; Sundev. Pe¬ 
cora, 60.132. 
Inhabits India. 
Easily known from the Axis by being lower on its legs, and there 
is no distinct black dorsal streak, nor white streak on haunches; the 
tail bushy, and often carried erect: the males and females in summer 
are reddish brown, with numerous w T hite spots, the middle of the back 
rather darker; in winter the whole fur becomes blackish brown, and 
the spots disappear: the horns are generally short, with only short 
snags or branches, but they are sometimes as large as those of the 
Axis Deer. 
10. Cervulus, Blainv. 1816; Muntjacus, Gray, 1821; 
Stglocerus, H. Smith; Prox, Ogilby, Sunclev. 
Horns on elongated pedicels, supported by longitudinal lidges on 
the face, which have a naked, moist groove on theii side ; the canine 
teeth are exserted; the tear-bags are large and deep; the tail elon¬ 
gate and tufted; the hoofs triangular, and partly united in front by 
a web ; the false hoofs are small and transverse; they are covered 
with thin shining hair, and are not spotted ; they have no tuft of hair 
on the hind-legs ; skull with a very large, deep, nearly hemispherical 
suborbital pit. 
1. Ceryulus vaginalis. The Kijang or Muntjac. 
Hark reddish brown; narrow streak on the front edge of the thigh 
white. , . „. oil 
Kijang, Marsden, Sumatra, 94.— Cervus Muntjac , Zimm. Sclneb. 
t. 254 ; Horsfield, Java, vi. t. 1 ; Raffles, Mem. 64 5 .— -Prox Muntjac, 
Sundev. Pecora, 61.— Cervus vaginalis, Bodd, Elenc. i. 136.— C. sub - 
cornutus, Blainv. Schreb. t. 254 b. f. 2 .—Muntjacus vaginalis. Gray, 
Cat* Mamm. B. ]VE. 173. — Osvvus ctuvcus, 0. Smith* Gr. A. 0. • lAb. 
t. . v. 805.— Ribbed-face Deer, Penn.— Chevreuil des hides, Allam, 
Buff. Supp. v. 41. t. 17, vi. 195. t. 26; Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. t. 5. 
f 4 g 5 t. 3. f. 49, 54.— Cervulus vaginalis, Gray, Knows. Menag. 6o. 
Inhabits Sumatra; Java. 
This chiefly differs from the following in being darker-coloured. 
2. Ceryulus moschatus. The Kegan or Kaker. 
Bright reddish yellow; streak on front of thigh and undei pait of 
the tail white ; chin and gullet whitish ; hair not ringed. 
Par. With a triangular white spot on each side of the chest. 
Musk Deer of Nepal, Ouseley, Orient . Collect , ii. t. .—Cervulus 
