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BRANCH VERTEBRATA. 



The Roebuck (ro'buk), marked by its white haunches, 

 is the smallest of the British Deer. Its short, straight 

 horns are divided into three branches. Unlike other deer, 

 it pairs for life, and lives in families. 



FIG. 390. 



FIG. 391. 



Hang'lfer tamridus. Reindeer. (&.) 



The Wapiti (wap'i ti), or American Elk, a congener of 

 the red deer or stag of Northern Europe, has long, branch- 

 ing conical horns, sometimes 

 six feet apart at the tips. 



The Reindeer* has widely- 

 spreading hoofs, as a special 

 provision for traveling on 

 the snow ; while to give a 

 secure hold upon the crags, 

 the toes of the closed foot 



Hoof of Reindeer. Closed and open. are firm and pointed. In 



* The Caribou (kdr 1 i bob) of North. America is by some considered identical 

 with the Reindeer of Lapland, and, if domesticated, would doubtless, in a few 

 generations, show as many varieties. 



