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XV. Genus HYDROPOTES. 



Hydropotes, Swinlioe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 89 ; Brooke, ibid. 

 1872, p. 522, 1878, p. 916 ; Garrocl, ibid. 1877, p. 780 ; Biitimeyer, 

 Abli. schweiz, pal. Ges. vol. viii, p. 21, 1881 ; PococTc. Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1910, p. 956 ; nee Hydropota, Rondanl, 1861. 



Hydrelaphus, LydeMer, Deer of All Lands, p. 219, 1898 ; Trouessart, 

 Cat. Mamm., Siippl. p. 691, 1905; Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field 

 Mus. {Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. viii) p. 37, 1907. 



Lateral metacarpals as in Odocoilciis, that is to say, repre- 

 sented by their lower extremities ; antlers wanting ; muzzle 

 with a large naked area surrounding nostrils ; ears moderate, 

 narrow, and pointed ; tail very short ; face rather long ; coat 

 uniformly coloured in adult, spotted in young ; no metatarsal 

 or tarsal glands ; lachrymal pits of skull small but deep ; face- 

 glands small ; hind-pasterns with a gland forming a deep 

 interdigital cleft, as in Dama, and hoofs united at heels by 

 a fold of skin, no distinct gland in fore-feet ; lateral hoofs of 

 moderate size ; upper canines forming long, curved, and 

 slightly convergent tusks (fig. 45), which grow from semi- 

 persistent pulps, those of females smaller ; cheek-teeth 

 tall-crowned. Size small. In old animals the pulp-cavity 

 of the upper canines obliterates. The auditory bullae are 

 greatly inflated, and the hind angle of the lower jaw is much 

 produced backwards, forming a compressed semicircular 

 process projecting behind the level of the condyle ; the 

 vomer does not divide the aperture of the posterior nostrils. 



The distribution is restricted to China and Korea. 



HYDEOPOTES INEEMIS. 



Hydropotes inermis, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 89 ; Hamilton, 

 ibid. 1871, p. 258, 1873, p. 473 ; Brooke, ibid. 1872, p. 522, 1878, 

 p. 916; Gray, Cat. Buminants Brit. Mus. p. 95, 1872, Hand- 

 List Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 166, 1873 ; Garrod, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1877, p. 789 ; Forbes, ibid. 1882, p. 636 ; Flower and Garson, 

 Cat. Ostcol. Mus. E. Coll. Surg. pt. ii, p. 321, 1884 ; Flower and 

 Lydekker, Study of Mammals, p, 32S, 1891 ; Lydekker, Horns 

 and Hoofs, p. 322, 1893 ; Hilzheimcr, Abh. Mus. Naturkunde 

 Magdeburg, vol. i, p. 171, 1906 ; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, 

 p. 956. 



Hydropotes affmis, Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 524 ; Hilzheimer, 

 Abh. Mus. Naturkunde Magdeburg, vol. i, p. 171, 1906. 



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