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rump, two feet nine inches ; height before, two 

 feet nine inches ; length of the tail, four inches ; of 

 the horns of the male, one foot ; of the antlers, two 

 inches. 



Description. Horns slightly marked by trans- 

 verse wrinkles and rugosities, rather inclined out- 

 wards, and turned backwards at their extremity, 

 which is smooth; about two thirds of their height 

 provided with a short antler, directed forwards ; 

 eyes large, and placed very high, under the base 

 of the horns; ears pointed, one half the length of 

 the facial line; base of the horns tufted; legs 

 slender; tail short; hairs thick, stiff, coarse, flat- 

 tened, undulating, and enclosing in their middle 

 a sort of marrow ; flanks black ; exterior face of 

 the fore legs, and tail above, of a reddish-fawn ; 

 breast, belly, interior of the limbs, buttocks, and 

 beneath the tail white ; top of the head white, as 

 well as the cheeks and lips; face and nose of a 

 deep chesnut ; neck a reddish fawn above, with a 

 white spot near the car, and marked with white 

 beneath ; a reddish tuft of hairs on the back of the 

 head and neck. 



Inhabit south-western territories of the United 

 States ; (seen on the borders of the Missouri and 

 great plains of Columbia by Lewis and Clark,) a 

 specimen in the Philadelphia Museum. 



Note. — It is, without doubt, this animal describ- 

 ed and badly figured by Hermandez. " Rerum 



