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Show 1878.] CLASSIFICATION OF THE CERVIDAE. 907 were brought from the imperial park, south of Pekin. Types, Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Paris. (Axis, subgen.) 1827. Axis (subgen.), H a m . Sm., Griff. An. Kingd. vol. v. p. 312. Antlers about three times the length of the head, supported on slightly elongated pedestals. Brow-antler (fig. 6, a) rising at something less than a right angle from the beam (fig. 6, x), which bifurcates at a little above the half of its entire length. Of the tines thus formed, the external and anterior tine (fig. 6, 6) is much the longer. Skull and rhinarium as in Busa. Upper canines wanting. Molars with small supplementary columns. Both sexes at all ages and seasons distinctly spotted with white. Stature medium. Distribution. Western portion of the Indian region. Cervus (Axis) axis. 17. C E R V U S AXIS. 1877. Cervus axis, Erxl. Syst. Reg. An. p. 312. 1843. Axis maculata, Gray, Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 1 78. Range. British India ; Ceylon. (PSEUDAXIS, subgen.) 1872. Pseudaxis, Gray, Cat. Rumin. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 70. Antlers about twice the length of the head, supported on short stout pedestals. Brow-antler (fig. 7, a, p. 908) rather short, directed upwards at a rather acute angle with the beam (fig. 7, x). A stron* tine (fig. 7, b) is developed from the anterior surface of the antler at about half its entire length, and a short tine (fig. 7, d) from the posterior surface of its upper third. Lacrymal pit of moderate depth and extent, its antero-posterior diameter being less than that of the three upper molars. Anteorbital vacuity moderate. Auditory bullae moderately inflated, compressed, and smooth externally. Rudimentary upper canines present in 'both sexes. Rhinarium as in Busa, with the exception of the internarial portion, which is slightly less prolonged upwards. |
