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Rangifer caribou, Auduhon Sf Bach. N. A. Q. vol. iii pill t '> ■ 

 Baird, Mam. N. A. p. 633 (fio-. horns). » • - ' 



Rangifer groenlandicus, Baird, Mam. N. A. p. 634, fig. (horns). 

 Tarandus arcticus, Baird. 

 Tarandus sylvestris, Baird. 

 Cervus hastalis, Ar/assiz. 

 Tarandus hastalis, Baird. 



Hob. Northern regions of Europe and America. 



Fam. 20. CERVID^. 



Nose tapering, with a well-developed moist, naked muffle. Face 

 without any glandular streak up the front. Crumen distinct, 

 generally well developed. Antlers well developed. Tail distinct. 

 Skull with a moderate nose-hole ; intermaxillaries generally reach- 

 ing the nasals ; suborbital pit distinct ; canines small, rudimentary. 

 Fur of young spotted ; the spots often disappear with age, or are only 

 apparent in adults when the animals are in high condition and have 

 their short bright summer fur. 



Deer of Temperate and Warm Regions, Gray, Cat. TJngid. B.M.^. 193. 



1. Metatarsal gland distinct, above the middle of the outside of the shank- 

 bone or metatarsus. Eastern Hemisphere. 



The genera fall in the following order, according to the form of 

 the tail : — 



1. Tail very short 2. Tail elongate, ivith lonqer 



or clubbed. hair at the end. 



Cervus Antlers elaphine j J^^^^f^'^' 



Panolia..! itj , , 



Recm-vus. V Antlers rusine \ Wjelaphus. 



Rusa....| I'^'^is- 



Capreolus / , ,, ,. 



Elaphurus [ ^"*^^^^' capreobne. 



I. Elaphine Deeb. — Antlers with one or two distinct anterior basal snaqs 

 close to the crown. Muffle broad and shaUotc, separated frorn the upper 

 lip by a hairy band, with only a narroiv interruption in front. White 

 anal disk distinct. — Elaphine Deer, Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. 31. p. 193. 



a. Tail very short or very blunt. 



1. CERVUS. 



Antlers round, erect, with an anterior basal snag, a median an- 

 terior snag, with the apex divided into two or more branches, accord- 

 ing to the age of the animal. Tail short, broad, depressed, generally 

 blunt at the end. (Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 193. t. 27. f 3 

 t. 28. f. 1.) 



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