8 ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 7. NIO 34. 



among others the following thesis: »Aus angeborener einseitiger 

 Atrophie der Samendriisen (Testikel) resultirt einseitige Ver- 

 kiimmerung der Geweihstange auf der entgegengesetzten 

 Körperseite.»^ On the other hand the Elk described above 

 agrees with a »Hermaph7vditus rerus lateralis» of Roe-deer 

 (Capreolus capreolus) described by Boas.^ This animal had 

 normal female genital organs on the right side. On the left 

 there was neither ovary nor oviduct but an atrophied testicle 

 with epididymis and vas deferens. This specimen had small 

 antiers in velvet on both sides, but the right was only aboiit 

 5 cm, and the left about 8 cm. Thus, just as in this Elk, a 

 more developed antler on the same side as the tes- 

 ticle. 



I 1. c. p. 232. 



■ Vidensk. Meddel. natnrhist. Förening, Kjöbenbavn 1800 flSOl) p. 

 10—17. 



Tryckt don 12 september 1912. 



Uppsala 1912. Almqvist & Wikselis Boktryckeri-A.-B. 



