Cervus unicolor Kerr, 1792 . In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, p. 300.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sri Lanka .

DISTRIBUTION: India and Sri Lanka east to S China, Hainan Isl and Taiwan; south to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Siberut, Sipora, and Pagi and Nias Isis; introduced to Australia and New Zealand.

SYNONYMS: albicornis, aristotelis, brachyrhinus, brookei, cambojensis, colombertinus, combalbertinus, curvicornis, dejeani, equinus, errardianus, hainana, hamiltonianus, heterocerus, jarai, joubertianus, latidens, lemeanus, leschenaulti, lignarius, longicornis, major, malaccensis, nepalensis, niger, oceanus, officialis, outreyanus, pennantii, planiceps, planidens, simoninus; swinhoii Sclater, 1862; verutus.