. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . Fig. Fig. 4. SKULLS OF SEROWS.(Copied with modifications from , 1908.) Fig. 1.—Skull of Nepal Serow {Capricornis sumatraensis thar). Fig. 2.—Skull of Eodons Serow (Capi-icornis suviatraensis rodoni). Fig. 3.—Skull op Humes Serow (Gaiyricomis sumatraensis huniei) from Pir Punjal. Fig. 4.—Skull of Robinsons Sebow {Capricornis sumatraensis rohinsoni) from Selangor. THE SERO WS, GORALS AND TAKINS OF BRITISH INDIA. 299 that the limbs of the Sumatran animal are black to the fetlocks,he would have seen that Burmese specimens could not carry
. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . Fig. Fig. 4. SKULLS OF SEROWS.(Copied with modifications from , 1908.) Fig. 1.—Skull of Nepal Serow {Capricornis sumatraensis thar). Fig. 2.—Skull of Eodons Serow (Capi-icornis suviatraensis rodoni). Fig. 3.—Skull op Humes Serow (Gaiyricomis sumatraensis huniei) from Pir Punjal. Fig. 4.—Skull of Robinsons Sebow {Capricornis sumatraensis rohinsoni) from Selangor. THE SERO WS, GORALS AND TAKINS OF BRITISH INDIA. 299 that the limbs of the Sumatran animal are black to the fetlocks,he would have seen that Burmese specimens could not carry thename sumatrensis in a restricted sense. There is no reason to think that Dr. Blanford included morethan one race of Serow under the name hubalinus. But, setting-aside the true sumatrensis which he evidently did not know, thesynonymy he quoted under that specific named embraced two kindsof Burmese Serows, namely, the red form named ruJndushj Blyth,and a blackish form with red legs named milne-edivardsii byDavid. If he had known the typical suma
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