The great and small game of India, Burma, & Tibet . ngth of the antlers being7 inches), they indicate without doubtthe Cervuline nature of the latter, asthe rib-like ridges on the forehead arepreserved, and at the same time suggestthe Malay origin of that antlers are noticeable for theirmarked lateral compression and conse-quent great antero-posterior depth. Bothspecimens belong to very old animals. As already stated, the writer is un-acquainted with any Indian muntjacantlers rivalling these two specimens insize ; and it would consequently seemnot unlikely that the Malay animal ma
The great and small game of India, Burma, & Tibet . ngth of the antlers being7 inches), they indicate without doubtthe Cervuline nature of the latter, asthe rib-like ridges on the forehead arepreserved, and at the same time suggestthe Malay origin of that antlers are noticeable for theirmarked lateral compression and conse-quent great antero-posterior depth. Bothspecimens belong to very old animals. As already stated, the writer is un-acquainted with any Indian muntjacantlers rivalling these two specimens insize ; and it would consequently seemnot unlikely that the Malay animal mayindicate a distinct race. But if themuntjac from the Malay Peninsula wereseparated as a distinct race, it would be no longer possible to regardthe Bornean muntjac as identical with the Indian ; and such a subdivisionot the species seems at present inadvisable. Consequently, a separatename is not assigned to the animal represented by the large Malay antlers ;although, as noted below, Malay muntjacs are known to run larger thanthose from India. 2 I. VVI ?y Fig. 50.—Frontlet and Antlers oF a verylarge Muntjac. From Pahang, in theMalay Peninsula. 242 Great and Small Game of India, etc. The Indian muntjac, as its name implies, is typically an inhabitant ofHindustan, where it ranges from the outer Himalaya to Cape is also found in Ceylon, and from India extends eastwards throughArracan and Burma into the Malay Peninsula, and so onwards to theMalay Islands and the sea-board of China. From the observations of thelate Sir Victor Brooke, it appears that muntjac from the south of India runsmaller than those from the more northerly districts ; while, on the otherhand, those from the Malay Peninsula and Islands are as noticeablylarger. Although it is quite probable that the species may eventually befound divisible into local races, the present is neither the time nor theplace for the discussion of such an intricate question, which has, indeed,little or no interest for the ordi
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