. The deer of all lands; a history of the family Cervidæ living and extinct. Deer; Deer, Fossil; Cervidae; Cervidae, Fossil. I 76 Rusine Group Aocis oryzus, Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeylan. p. 83 (1852). Hyelaphus porcinus pumilio, Fitzinger, SB. Ak. Wien, vol. lxx. part i. p. 258 (1874). Cervus minor, Sclater, List Anim. Zool. Gardens, p. 169 (1883), nec Axis minor, Hodgson (1841). Characters.—Allied to the preceding, but the antlers larger, the build longer and lower, and the summer pelage of the adult, as well as that of the young, spotted. Height at shoulder ranging from about 25 to 29 inches
. The deer of all lands; a history of the family Cervidæ living and extinct. Deer; Deer, Fossil; Cervidae; Cervidae, Fossil. I 76 Rusine Group Aocis oryzus, Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeylan. p. 83 (1852). Hyelaphus porcinus pumilio, Fitzinger, SB. Ak. Wien, vol. lxx. part i. p. 258 (1874). Cervus minor, Sclater, List Anim. Zool. Gardens, p. 169 (1883), nec Axis minor, Hodgson (1841). Characters.—Allied to the preceding, but the antlers larger, the build longer and lower, and the summer pelage of the adult, as well as that of the young, spotted. Height at shoulder ranging from about 25 to 29 inches ; build heavy and low, with the legs short ; face comparatively short ; the hairs on the back not ringed, but with pale tips. General colour of adult pelage in winter rufous or yellow- ish brown, with a somewhat speckled appearance owing to the pale tips of the hairs ; under-parts much darker ; in summer the upper-parts paler and more or less spotted in the early part of the season with pale brown or white, the spots some- times limited to one or two rows on each side of a dark stripe down the middle of the back ; young fully spotted for about the first six months. Antlers supported on long pedicles, and of the same general type as those of the preceding species — that is to say, with the hinder, or inner, tine of the terminal fork the shorter, and the brow-tine relatively short—but of greater proportional length, being consider- ably longer than the head in fully adult individuals. Skull structurally Hmilar to that of the last, but much less compressed in front of the orbits, and the latter less prominent. Ears rather large, well haired externally, white internally ; tail rather long, whitish beneath ; face-gland small ; metatarsal tuft slightly lighter than the rest of the leg ; no mane on the neck or throat. \ pair of antlers of an immature hog-deer in the British Museum arc almost indistinguishable from those of an adult Bavian deer. The following dimensions of the
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