190 MAMMALIA. 



throat, and which, inhabiting the north of India, must corres- 

 pond with the Hippelaphus of Aristotle.(l) 



C. capreohis, L. ; Buff", VI, xxxii, xxxiii. (The Roebuck of 

 Europe.) With but two tines to its antlers ; of a fawn coloured 

 grey; buttocks white ; without lachrymal sinuses, and scarcely 

 any tail. Some individuals are of a very vivid red, and others 

 blackish. This species lives in couples ; inhabits the high 

 mountains of the temperate parts of Europe ; sheds its antlers 

 towards the close of autumn, reproduces them during the win- 

 ter ; copulates in November, and is gravid five months and 

 a half. The flesh is held in much more esteem than that of 

 the Deer, There are none in Russia. 



C. pygargus, Pall., Schreb. CCLIII. (The Roebuck of Tar- 

 tary.) Similar to that of Europe, but the horns are more spi- 

 nous at the base ; the hair is longer ; and it is almost as large 

 as the Deer. It inhabits the high grounds beyond the Volga. 



It appears that there are some Roebucks in America, whose 

 antlers always remain simple or without tines. 



C. rufiis, F. C. ; Gouazoupita, Azz. Red 5 lips, hinder part 



of the belly, and under part of the tail, white. Canini in both 



jaws. Inhabits the forest. (2) 



We might separate from the other Roebucks certain small species 



of India, which have sharp canini and antlers supported by pedicles 



which are covered by hairs on the forehead. Such is 



C. muntjac, Gm.; Buff. Supp. VII, xxvi. (The Kijang.) 

 Smaller than that of Europe. Found in small herds at Ceylon 

 and Java(3) 



Camelopardalis, Lin.; Buff. Supp. VII, Ixxxi. 



The Giraffe is characterized in both sexes by conical horns, always 

 covered with a hairy skin, and which are never shed. Their bony 

 nucleus, when young, is articulated with the os frontis by a suture- 

 On the middle of the chanfrin is a tubercle or third horn, broader 

 and much shorter, but likewise articulated by a suture. It is more- 

 over one of the most remarkable animals in existence, from the 

 length of its neck and the disproportioned height of its fore legs. 

 Only one species is known, 



(1) Add the C. hippelaphus; C. WulUchii ,- C. Mariannus ; C Lechenaulti ,- C. 

 Peronii; C. equinus ; and with respect to tliese species, see my Oss. Foss. torn. IV, 

 and the figure of Hamilton Smith in the work of Griffith. 



(2) Add the Gouazou-Bira [C. nemorivagus, F. Cuv. ),- the Nouazou-Jlpara (C. 

 simpUcicornis, Ham. Smith). 



(3) Add C jjhilippintis, U^m. Sm. C moschatus, Id. &c. 



