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Show 1878.] CLASSIFICATION OF THE CERVID^?. 899 I. CERVULUS MUNTJAC. 1780. Cervus muntjac, Zimm. Geogr. Gesch. Band ii. p. 131. 1785. • muntjak et vaginalis, Bodd. Elench. Anim. vol. i. p. 136. 1867. Cervulus aureus, Jerd. Mamm. p. 264. 1873. amostylis et tamulicus, Gray, Hand-list Rum. Mamm. p. 165. 1874. muntjac, Brooke, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 38, fig. 3. Range. British India, Burmah, Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Hainan, Banka, Borneo. This species appears to attain a larger size in Java, Sumatra, and Borneo than it does on the mainland ; and I think it not improbable that persistent race-characters may eventually be found, distinguishing the Muntjac of these islands from that of British India. 2. CERVULUS LACRYMANS. 1871. Cervulus lacrymans, Alph. M.-Edw. Nouv. Arch, du Mus. t. vii., Bull. p. 93 ; and Rech. s. 1. Mamm. p. 348, pis. 63, 64. 1872. sclateri, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 814. I874. , Brooke, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 40, pl. 8 & fig. 4. Hab. Moupin (David); hills near Hangchow, China (Swinhoe). Type, Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Paris. 3. CERVULUS REEVESII. 1838. Cervus reevesii, Ogilby, P.Z. S. 1838, p. 105. 1862. Cervulus reevesi, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 361. 1874. , Brooke, P.Z. S. 1874, p. 41, fig. 5. Range. Southern China from latitude of Canton as far north as Ningpo ; Formosa (Swinhoe). 2. ELAPHODUS. 1871. Elaphodus, Alph. M.-Edw. Nouv. Arch, du Mus. p. 93, pl. 7 ; and Rech. Mamm. p. 353, pis. 65-67. 1874. Lophotragus, Swinh. P.Z. S. 1874, p. 452. Antlers very small, unbranched, supported on slender, long, converging pedestals. Ascending rami of the praemaxillae very strong, and articulating broadly with the nasals, to which they are inferior in length. No supraorbital ridges or frontal cutaneous glands. Canines in the male massive and long, curved downwards, and not everted. A well-developed frontal tuft. In other respects resembles Cervulus, with which genus Elaphodus may be united to form the subfamily Cervulince, as proposed by Professor Garrod (P. Z. S. 1876, p. 765). Distribution. South-Eastern Palaearctic region. 1. ELAPHODUS CEPHALOPHUS. 1871. Elaphodus cephalophus, Alph. M.-Edw. (loc. cit. supra). Hab. Moupin (David). Type, Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Paris. |