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CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



Capreolus vulgaris niger et C. v. varius, Fitzingcr, Sitzhcr. l\ Ak. 

 Wiss. Wien, vol. Ixx, pt. 1, p. 247, 1874. 



Capreolus caprea, Bell, Brit. Qitadrujicds, ed. 2, p. 262, 1874 ; Flower 

 and GaTson, Cat. Osteol. Miis. B. Coll. Surg. pt. ii, p. 318, 

 1884 ; Floiver and Lydelker, Study of Mammals, p. 327, 1891 ; 

 Lydekker, Horns and Hoofs, p. 325, 1893, Brit. Mamm. p. 249, 

 1895 ; Ward, Becords of Big Game, ed. 2, p. 53, 1896, ed. 6, 

 p. 92, 1910, ed. 7, p. 92, 1914 ; Satwnin, Zool. Jalirh., Syst. 

 vol. ix, p. 310, 1896 ; Hennickc, Zool. Garten, vol. xli, p. 379, 

 1900; Keibel, Verh. Anat. Ges. vol. xvii, p. 184, 1901 ; Zimmer- 

 mann, Zool. Jalirh., Syst. vol. xxii, p. 1, 1905. 



Cervulus capreolus, Satiinin, Mitt. Kaukas. Mus. vol. vii, pp. 20 and 

 41, 1912, errorim. 



Roe, or Roebuck. 



Typical locality Sweden. 



Size small (shoulder-height 26 to 27 inches, basal length 

 of skull from about 6 to Q\ inches) ; ears narrow, uniformly 



Fig. 33. — Palatal Aspect of 

 Skull of ^o-&{Capreoluscapreolus). 



J nat. size. 

 From Miller, Cat. Mamm. M'estern Europe. 



Fig. 84. — Lower Fkont Teeth 



OP Roe (Capreolus capreolus). 



nat. size. 



From 5liller,Co^ Mamm. ]]'ester7i Europe. 



greyish externally ; antlers moderately thick and rugose ; 

 cheek-teeth short-crowned ; summer and winter coats differing 

 markedly in colour, the former foxy red, the latter olive-grey 

 or grey with a conspicuous white rump-patcli ; lips and sides 

 of muzzle with a black moustache-mark, but front of muzzle, 

 on each side of mutHe, and chin white. 



The distributional area extends from the British Islands 

 to the Caucasus and some part of Western Asia, and from 

 Scotland and Sweden southwards to Spain and other countries 



