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* Hoofs rather broad, semicirmilar. Pale anal dhk very large, extending 

 above the tail. Hair in U'inter soft. Antlers with one or two basal 

 snags, median and two upper snags on the front side of the beam. 

 America. Steoxgyloceros. 



1. Cervus canadensis. (The Wapiti, or American Elk.) B.M. 



Cerviis strongyloceros, Gi'ay, Knoivsley Men. t. 36 (male, female, and 



young). 

 Cervus canadensis, Gray, Cat. JJngid. B. M. p. 193 ; Baird, Mamm. 



N. A. p. 638, f. 9 and 10 (Lorn and muzzle) ; Wolf, Zoological 



Sketches, tab. xix. 

 Elaphus canadensis, Dekay. 



Hah. North America, from east to west. 



** Hoofs narrow, triangular. Pale anal disk not extending above the tail. 

 Tail moderate. Hair harsh. Western world. Cervus. 



t Head short. Tail short, blunt at the end. Median and ujjper snags in 

 front of the beam. 



2. Cervns elaphus. (The Stag.) B.M. 



Antlers ; basal snags often in pairs : the merlian and upper snags 

 on the front of the horn, the upper ones generally in pairs. 



Cervus elaphus, Gray, Cat. Ungtd. B. M. p. 195 ; Blasius, Siiuqeth. 



i>«/fcc/t. p. 139, f 233-2.35 (boms). 

 Cervus corsicanus, Bucheran, Archives du 3Ius, vol. vi. p. 81 & p. 488, 



t. 23. f. 10 & 13 (horns), t. 26 (animal). 



Hab. Europe and North Africa, Assyria, North-west Asia, Amur- 

 land ? 



tt Head short. Upper snags of the horns m the hinder side of the beam. 



3. Cervus barbarus. (The Barbary Deer.) B.M. 



Antlers with basal and median snags on the front of the horn, 

 subterminal snag on the inner hinder margin. 



Cervus barbarus, Gray, Cat. TJngnl. 7?. Tlf. p. 197; Knowsley Menag. 

 t. 37 (male, female, and young). 



Hah. North Africa: Barbary, Tunis, Atlas Mountains. 



4. Cervus cashmeerianus. (Hungal or Kashmir Stag.) B.M. 



Head short. Upper surface of the tail dark brown. Anal disk 

 moderate, black-edged. Basal snag double; median .snag in front of 

 horn; subapical snag on hinder side of beam. - ,--—=— 



Cervus casperianus. Gray, ©irt". Osteol. p. 147/: Cat. Ungul. B. M. 



t. 27. f. 1, 3 (skull and horns). 

 Cervus casbmeerianus, Falconer, Pal. Mem. i. p. 676, f.; Sclater, Trans. 



Z. S. vii. p. 3.39. 

 Cervus Wallichii, Blyth, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 79; Grm/, Cat. Bones B. 31. 



p. 2-58 ; Knowsley Menag. p. 160; Cat. Ungul. p. 197; Jerdon,Mamm. 



India, p. 250 ; Kinloch, Thibet and North India, p. 44. 

 Kashmir Stag, Blyth, Journ. A. S. B. x. p. 747. 



