The great and small game of India, Burma, & Tibet . arly rugose and rugged exterior, and thetwo tines ot the terminal fork are usually ot approximately equal length ; if,however, these latter are unequal, it is generally the front one which isthe shorter of the two, while the hinder one springs from the posterioraspect of the beam, and does not form the direct continuation of the axisof the latter. The space enclosed between the two antlers is generally Uor V-shaped, and the bony pedicles on which they are supported arerelatively short. In general colour a sambar is usually of a nearly uniform
The great and small game of India, Burma, & Tibet . arly rugose and rugged exterior, and thetwo tines ot the terminal fork are usually ot approximately equal length ; if,however, these latter are unequal, it is generally the front one which isthe shorter of the two, while the hinder one springs from the posterioraspect of the beam, and does not form the direct continuation of the axisof the latter. The space enclosed between the two antlers is generally Uor V-shaped, and the bony pedicles on which they are supported arerelatively short. In general colour a sambar is usually of a nearly uniformdark umber-brown, but there is a considerable amount of individualvariation in this respect, some specimens, and especially hinds (which aremarkedly paler than the stags), tending more or less decidedly to greyish 1 See Lydekker, Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. vi. p. 205 (1900). The Indian Sambar 209 or yellowish. Old stags may become almost black ; and in lighter-coloured males the face, mane, and the upper surface of the tail are black.
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