SKULL OF MONTJAC, OR BARKING DEER.
The skull of the little Montjac, or Barking deer, is of interest as showing better than any other the relation of the antler to its pedestal. The pedestal is very long and the antler very small. The latter usually possesses only two tines, the main one and a short stout one which grows near its base. From the front of the pedestal there runs a strong bony ridge down the outer border of the frontal bone as far as the junction with the nasal. This evidently gives strength to the prolonged and rather slender pedestal.