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Show 1870.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON CHINESE MAMMALS. 647 this animal alive ; and Dr. Sclater is doing it justice in his paper the ' Transactions.' Fig. 5 represents the antlers of a mature individual which I procured in South Formosa. Cervus swinhoii. I have not heard of any species of Rusa occurring on the main of China ; but in Hainan the C. hippelaphus appears to abound. From North China we have the Cervus xanthopygus, A. M.-Edwards, the Elaphurus davidianus, A. M.-Edwards, and the Capreolus pygargus (Pall.). 77. CAPRICORNIS SWINHOII. (Swinhoe's Goat-antelope.) Capricornis swinhoii, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, vol. x. p. 320 ; P. Z. S. 1862, p. 263, pl. xxxv.; Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 361. Found throughout the hilly ranges of Formosa. The young have the ears white on their anterior surface or, sometimes, more or less white throughout. The region of the lips is whitish ; and the chin and throat light buff, with a brown spot on the former. The abdomen and between thighs are also light buff, and the feet lighter red. The hair of the body is shorter; they are otherwise like the adult. The adult is of a deep brown throughout, tinged with red. The crown and a line down the back deep brown. Lips whitish. Chin and throat chestnut, with a brown patch on the former. Ears light buff inside, reddish brown behind. Abdomen brownish buff. Feet deep chestnut; hoofs black. Hair about 1*5 inch long, thick-set, harsh, and a little wavy. It does not acquire horns till it is nearly full-grown. The nearest ally to this curious Antelope appears to be the Capricornis sumatrensis, of which there is a specimen in the British Museum. Capricornis crispus (T. & S.) of Japan appears to have greater affinity with the newly described C. caudatus, A. M.-Edwards, from Peking. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1870, No. XLIV. |
