10 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



cV Vomer dividing posterior aperture of nostrils 

 into two distinct chambers. 

 (T\ Naviculo-cuboid of tarsus free from cunei- 

 form, 

 (1\ Metatarsal glands normally present, 

 tarsal glands always developed, 

 ff'. Antlers normally complex, with sub- 

 basal snag, and front-prong of main 

 fork developed at expense of hind 



one Odocoilcus. 



e*. Metatarsal glands wanting. 



€■', Antlers dichotomously forking, with- 

 out subbasal snag and with more 



than two tines Blastocerus. 



e". Antlers simply forked Hijyj^ocamelui 



e'. Antlers simple spikes Mazama. 



c-\ Naviculo-cuboid of tarsus fused with 

 cuneiform. Antlers minute ; no meta- 

 tarsal, tarsal, or pedal glands Piulit. 



1!. Antlers present in females ; muzzle completely 

 hairj'. 

 Lateral metacarpals and vomer as in Odocoilcus. . . . Rangifer. 



II. Genus MUNTIACUS. 



Mimtiacus, Bafinesque, Analyse de la Nature, p. 56, 1815. 



Cervulus, Blainville, Bull. Soc. Philom. 1816, p. 77 ; Broolr, Proc. 



Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 898 ; Eiitinieyer, Ahh. scliweiz. pal. Ges. 



vol. viii, p. 23, 1881; Blanford, Fauna Brit. India, Mamm. 



p. 531, 1891; LydeJi-ker. Deer of all Lands, p. 203, 1898; 



PococJi-, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 952. 

 Muntjaccus, Gray, Thomson's Ann. Philos. vol. xxvi, p. 342, 1825. 

 Stylocerus, H. Smith, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. v, p. 319, 



1827. 

 Prox, Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1836, p. 135. 

 Muntjacus, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 173, 1843. 



Small, higli-rumped deer, with the lateral metacarpals 

 represented by their upper extremities (plesiometacarpaliau 

 type), tusk-like upper canines, and small simple antlers, 

 consisting of a basal brow-tine and a beam, and surmounting 

 long bony pedicles, continued downwards as prominent 

 convergent ridges on the frontal region of the skull ; in 

 females the pedicles represented by tufts of bristly hair and 

 small bony prominences. Suborbital face -glands large, a pair 

 of frontal glands of variable size on the inner sides of the 

 frontal ridges, and glands forming deep clefts on front of 

 hind-pasterns, but no tarsal or metatarsal glands or tufts ; 

 face long, with a large bare muffle extending up between the 



