PECORA. 



Suborder 1\ CAPREOLI. Front of upper jaw caUous, toothless. 

 Horus deciduous, covered when young with a deciduous hairy 



J'" ' f^T ^r^'^'S m the females, sometimes in both sexes, 

 bi -t alse hoofs distinct. 



t Antlers deciduous generaUy branched, often wanting in the female 

 Tarsi hairy on the hinder side. 



Fam. 18. Alcad.,5 Nose very broad, truncated, covered with 

 hair, with only a very smaU central naked muffle. Youn- 

 not spotted. Antlers expanded or palmated. SkuU: nose- 

 hole very large, nasal very short.— Arctic Eegions. 



Fam. 19. Rangifeeid^. Nose broad, entirely hairy, without 

 any naked muffle. Antlers with a larg^ anteriorbasaf 

 snag on the crown, palmated at the end. 8kull : nose-hole 

 moderate ; mtermaxUlaries slender, just reaching the 

 nasals. Young not spotted.— Arctic Regions. 



Fam. 20 Cervid^ Nose tapering, with a moist, naked muffle 

 without any gland up the face. Antlers branched, ver^ 

 rarely simple. Skull : nose-hole moderate.-Warm and 

 temperate parts of both hemispheres. 



Fam. 21. Cervulid^. Face conical, with two longitudinal 

 bony ridges supporting the antlers, with a longitudinal 

 groove on their inner side. Muffle smaU, moist.-Asia. 



tt Antlers none ne tarsi mostly nailed on the hinder side. Crumen none. 

 — Mosckina, Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 241. 



Fam. 22. lUoscHin^. Throat and hinder edge of the tarsus 

 covered wath hair. Upper canines much dongated. 5e- 

 ^^l^'-Zr'^' -*^ ^ — • IntennaxiUaries 



Fam 23. Tragtoid^. Throat and hinder part of the tarsus 



adiLlt. Throat white-streaked. Metacarpal bones united 

 into a cannon. Intermaxillaries elongate:— Asia. 



^''"''i.%^JTT'''\ Horns none. Canines often elongate. 

 Back of the tarsus bald, callous. Metacarpal bones sepa- 

 rate_ in all ages. Metatarsal bones at first distinct be 

 coming umted into a single bone. Intermaxillaries short 

 not reaching the nasal.— Africa. ' 



^"'te'th'^- l™^'"'^- /--t °f the upper jaw with 8 cutting- 

 ^eth. Horns none. Toes elongate, with a broad pad beneath. 

 Hoofs compressed. False hoofs none. "^neatn. 



Fam. 25. Camelidx. 



