8 ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 3. NlO 14. 



In the Rein-deer the moJars are longer tban broad, biit 

 in tbe Fall o w Deer broader t han long, The short and broad 

 shape of the molars is, however, not characteristic for the 

 Damine group alone, but a similar condition is recognised 

 in several others as for instance, to choose the examples 

 among the Telemetacaryalia, in the Mule Deer, the Pampas 

 Deer etc. The shape of the molars is therefore of little or 

 no value for the determination of the close relationship among 

 the deer. 



From this discussion it appears to the present writer 

 to be proved that the likeness between the Fallow Deer and 

 the Giant Deer is only superficial, and that there seems to 

 be more real affinity between the lat t er and the Rein-deer. 

 This affinity is, however, not close enough to justify a union 

 of these two animals in such a way as the Giant Deer and 

 the Fallow Deer usually, but wrongly, have been put together. 

 The Giant Deer is too much specialised for that and deserves to 

 hold a somewhat independent place in the system, but on 

 the other hand there is no doubt, it appears to me, that the 

 Giant Deer and the Rein-deer phylogenetically are much more 

 closely related to each other than either of them is to any 

 other member of Cervicornia. 



Tryckt den 2 augusti 1906. 



Uppsala 1906, Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri- A-.B. 



