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CERVUS. 

 Tooth :— Incisors ~ ; Canines ~ ; Premolars |=? ; Molars 5=? :==34 



The Wapiti. Cervus canadensis. 



Paird, Mamm. N. America, p. 041. fig. 11 (horns), 1859. 



Cerf du Canada, Huff., Hist. Nat. v. tab. 2G.— Cuv.,Oss. Foss. iv. tah. 8. 



tigs. IS, 17-20, 22. 

 Cerf, Pen-auk, Aiiim. ii. 66, 45. 

 Cervus strongyloceros, Schreb., Saugth. tab. 247,9. 



Cervical vertobrae 7 



Dorsal 13 



Lumbar 6 



Sacral 4 



Caudal (imperfect). 



a. Homs (large). San Diego, California. Presented by C. Pentland, 



Esq. 



b. Horns (long); two lower branches near together. N.America. 



c. Horns (small) ; two lowor branches rather near. N. America. 



d. Horns (large): beams without the upper frontal branches; the 



tip of right horn subpalmate (perhaps a different species). 



e. Skeleton. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



The Stao or Red Deer. Cervus elaphus. 



Linn., Syst. Nat. i. p. 93.— Pander una D' Alton, Veiffl. Osteol. pi. of. 



(skull). 

 Cerf, Puff, Hist. Nat. vi. tab. 13, 14, 18-25.— Cuv., Oss. Foss. iv. tab. 2. 



figs. 11-20, tab. 3. figs. 1-12 (horns).— Blasius, Faun. Wirb. Deutschl. 



p. 439. fig. 233 (horns, adult), figs. 234, 235 ( horns, young and adult), 



1857. " 



Var. ? Hungarian Stag, Plyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1841, p. 750. 



tab. fig. 11 (horns). 

 Var. ? Half-fed specimens : — 

 Cerf de Corse, Puff., Hist. Nat. vi. p. 138. pi. 18 (skeleton), pis. 20-25 



(horns). — Cwr., Oss. Foss. iv. p. 53. 

 Cervus elaphus corsicanus, Erxl., from Puffon. 

 Elaphus corsicanus, J. Brookes, Cat. Mus. p. 61. 

 Cervus mediterraneus, " Plainv.," Puchoran, Comptes Rendus, 1849, 

 ( p. 779. 

 Cervus corsicus, Bonaparte, Gervais. 



Cervical vertebra? 7 



Dorsal 13 



Lumbar 6 



Sacral 4 



Caudal (imperfect ). 



a. Homs, with two frontal antlers. England. 



b. Horns: left divided into four long cylindrical branches; right 



with two frontal antlers, tip subpalmate (perhaps of ft cana- 

 densis?). 



