. The game animals of India, Burma, Malaya, and Tibet; being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet,' . Plate VII 1. Hog-Deer. 2. Muntjac. 3. Tenasserim Muntjac. 4. Tibetan Tufted Deer. 5. Musk-Deer. 6. Meminna, or Indian Chevrotain. 7. Indian Wild Boar. 8. Pigmy Hog. 243 Game Animals of India, etc. moderate height ; but they are occasionally found inforest. In India the species seems restricted to theplains of the Indus and Ganges valley, its reportedoccurrence in the peninsula proper being this vast plain its range extends from Sind a
. The game animals of India, Burma, Malaya, and Tibet; being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet,' . Plate VII 1. Hog-Deer. 2. Muntjac. 3. Tenasserim Muntjac. 4. Tibetan Tufted Deer. 5. Musk-Deer. 6. Meminna, or Indian Chevrotain. 7. Indian Wild Boar. 8. Pigmy Hog. 243 Game Animals of India, etc. moderate height ; but they are occasionally found inforest. In India the species seems restricted to theplains of the Indus and Ganges valley, its reportedoccurrence in the peninsula proper being this vast plain its range extends from Sind and thePunjab, through Assam and Sylhet, into Burma ; thesouthern limit on that side of the Bay of Bengal being. Fig. 43.—Hog-Deer Stag in summer dress, from a by the Duchessof Bedford. apparently Tenasserim. Its occurrence in Ceylon isdue to importation. Hog-deer live mainly by grazing, and are thereforesuited for turning out in parks, on account of notdamaging trees and foliage. Numbers have beenturned out by the Marquis dHervey at St. Denys,and by Monsieur Pays Melher at Pataudiere ; andthe species also thrives in the Duke of Bedfords parkat Woburn. The para is to a considerable extent nocturnal, andsince it generally dwells among grass of sufficient height 244 The Para, or Hog-Deer to conceal its body, it is easy to see why it retains thelarge ears of its relative the sambar. Unlike the latter,it is unsociable, never collecting in herds, and generallyfound soHtary, except in the pairing-season, when twoor three individuals go together. The antlers aregenerally shed in April, the pairing-season takes placein September or October, and the fawns make theirappearance in the followi
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