MOSCHUS. 171 



Antilocapra americana. 



Antilope americana, Ord Cuthrie^s Geography 2ndiAmer.eA.,\'\, pp. 292, 308 



(1815)*. 

 Antilocapra americana, Ord Journal de Physique, Ixxxvii, p. I4g (1818)* ; 



P. L. Sclater P. Z. S., 1865, p. 60, pi. iii ; Bartlett P. Z. S., 1865, p. 718 • 



Murie P. Z.S., 1870, p. 23A; Forbes P. Z. S., 1880, p. 540 ; 

 Antilope furcifer, H, Smith Linn. Trans., xiii, p. 28, pi. ii (1822). 

 Antilope (Dicranoceros) furcifer, H. Smith, Griffith An. Kingd., iv, p. 170 



(1827). 



The Prong Buck. 



Distrtbutton. — North America, west of the Missouri from the 

 Saskatchewan southwards to Northern Mexico. 



a. Stuffed $ Nortli America H. A. Ward [Ex.], 1879. 



b. Skeleton $ North America Brit. Mus. [Ex ], 1878. 



c. Skeleton W. Jamrach [P.], 1876. 



d. Skin Montana, N America 



Genus GIRAFFA. 



Giraffa, Zimmermann Geogr. Geschichte, ii, p. 125 (1780). 

 Camelopardalis, Gmelin Syst. Nat., i, p. 181 (1788). 



Giraffa camelopardalis. 



Cervus camelopardalis, Linnaeus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 92 (1766). 

 Giraffa camelopardalis Zimmermann Geogr. Geschichte, ii, p. 12^ (1780)' 



Gray Cat. Mam. B. M., iii, p. 181. ' 



Camelopardalis giraffa, Gmelin Syst. Nat., i, p. 181 (1788); Blyth Cat. 



p. 144. 

 Camelopardalis aethiopicus, et. C. capensis Ogilby, P. Z. S., p. 134 (1836). 



Distribution. — Africa south of the Atlas. 



a. Skeleton mted. ^ Lord Canning, 1862, 



b. Skull No history. 



c. Skin ^ W. Rutledge, 1881. 



d. Skin, skeleton ^ Zoological Gardens, 1879, 



e. Skin, skeleton ^ Babu H. M.Roy, 1883. 



juv. 



/.Skeleton 2 Babu H. M. Roy, 1886. 



g. Skeleton ^ Zoological Gardens, 1887, 



Genus MOSCHUS. 



Moschus, Linnaeus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 91 (1766). 



The genus Moschus is now generally allowed to consist of a 

 single species only, though others have been from time to time 

 described on mere colour variations and on other insufficient 

 grounds. 



