ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. 



BAND 7. N.o 34. 



Oii a Hypospadic Pseu(lolieriii<apliro(litic Elk. 



By 

 EINAR LÖNNBERG. 



With 4 figures in the text. 

 Read May 22th 1912. 



The 14th of September 1911 my friend Henric Tamm 

 Esq. telephoned to me and told that bis game-keeper at bis 

 estate Lindormsnäs not far from Bro railroad station in Up- 

 land on tbe nortbern side of Lake Mälaren bad sbot an Elk 

 wbicb appeared to be a cow, altbougb it was provided witb 

 small antiers. On my friends invitation I took tbe next train 

 to Bro to examine the animal more closely and found it to be 

 pseudohermaphroditic. Tbe bead and tbe genital organs were 

 kindly presented to the Natural History Museum by Mr. 

 Henric Tamm, and as sucb anomalies as tbe one displayed 

 by tbis Elk are rare among wild animals and, as far as I 

 know, not described from tbis species I take the opportunity 

 of publishing the following descriptive notes and accompanying 

 figures. 



The Elk was in good condition and fully of average size. 

 The basicranial length of tbe skull measured 53 cm. wbicb 

 certainly is not below tbe average for Elks from tbis part 

 of tbe country. 



The appearance of the fresbl}^ killed animal is shown in 

 fig. 1. It bas antiers on both sides, altbougb tbey are small 

 and, in spite of tbe time of tbe year, still in velvet. Wben 



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