Moschiola indica Gray, 1852

Groves, C. P. & Meijaard, E., 2005, Interspecific Variation In Moschiola, The Indian Chevrotain, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (suppl 12) s 12, pp. 413-422 : 418

1. Moschiola indica Gray, 1852

Type. – BM 45.8.12.9/10 (specimen apparently now lost).

Type locality. – “Eastern Ghats”.

Distribution. – India, from the southern tip to about 24º N, in both the east (Mandla, Hoshangabad, Palamau) and west (Rajasthan).

Diagnosis. – Colour dull brown; stripes and spots are very clear, white; upper row of spots forms a continuous stripe on the shoulder, but disintegrates into spots halfway back along the body, and other longitudinal stripes are broken completely into rows of elongated spots; the three spot-rows across croup and rump partly fused to stripes; crown and forehead dark brown; underside pale beige, becoming creamy medially. Size very large, with long hindlegs; skull broad, especially across rostrum. Diagnostic measurements (in mm): hindfoot>140, zygomaticbreadth>50, occipitalheight (measured from basion)>27.8, width across canine alveoli>15.2, least maxillary breadth>14.5, braincase>34.2.