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Cuv. Mamm. Lithogr. (Encycl. pi. 58. fig. 3 and 

 4.) Rein-deer. 



Char. Essent. Horns in both sexes greatly 

 developed, the principal trunks of which are very 

 long, thin and compressed ; antlers palmated and 

 indented ; no muzzle ; no canines ; tail short. 



Dimensions. Total length five feet six inches ; 

 of the tail three inches ; length of the head one 

 foot two inches ; of the ears three inches six lines; 

 of the horns two feet ten inches; breadth between 

 the horns at their summits two feet two inches ; 

 length of the neck ten inches ; (size of a common 

 deer, but having the legs thicker in proportion ; 

 also the hoofs shorter and thicker.) 



Description. Head strong, moderately long; 

 snout rather thin, like other deer, the Moose ex- 

 cepted; nostrils oblique, oval, not pierced in a 

 muzzle ; lachrymal cavities ; ears large ; no supe- 

 rior canines in the male; horns in both sexes vary- 

 ing a little in form, but generally composed in the 

 adult males of two very long principal stalks, 

 compressed, cast backwards, having, 1st, near the 

 knob (at the base,) an antler directed forwards, 

 which is terminated by an expansion, rather 

 broad, and bordered by recurved digitations be- 

 neath ; 2nd, a second antler originating near their 

 middle, directed upwards and forwards, and ter- 

 minated also by a digitated expansion ; 3d, a few 

 other simple antlers above these ; and 4th. a tei> 



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