Descriptions of East Asiatic Mammals 345 
has developed by September, is dark gray or brownish gray, 
with a strongly differentiated yellowish buff rump patch. The 
tail is brown. The young in their first coat are spotted. The 
height at the shoulder is about 4 feet. 
The Red Deer is a night feeder. It hides during the day in 
wooded valley bottoms, emerging toward evening into swampy 
clearings to browse upon the rich grasses. In winter it moves 
Fig. 74. East Asiatic Red Deer or Wapiti, Cervus (Cervus), 
elaphus xanthopygus. 
