UNGTILATA : DEER. 

 FIG. 115. 



107 



FIG. 116. 



American Elk or Wapiti, Cervus canadensis, Erxleleben. 



And lastly we may mention the deer which furnishes 

 the well-known musk of commerce the Musk Deer. 

 This animal is destitute of horns; 

 but the males have a long canine 

 tooth in each side of the upper 

 jaw. This animal is about the 

 size of the common goat, has 

 scarcely any tail, and is covered 

 with coarse and brittle hairs. It 

 inhabits Thibet and the adjacent 

 countries. 



Passing by some living, and 



/. ., f Musk Deer, Moschus moscJiiferus, 



many tossil forms (as Oreodon, Linn . 



