MAMMALIA. 201 
Platyceros, Pliny. 
Cervus platyceros, Rai Quad. 85. . 
Cervus dama, Linn. S. N.i. 93; Sundevall, Pecora, 58; Schreb. 
Saugth. t. 249 a, B. 
Dama vulgaris, Gesner, Quad. 335. f. 1; J. Brookes, Cat. Mus. 
62; Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 181; Cat. Osteol. Spec. B. M. 
- ; Knowsley Menag.; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850; Bonap. Fauna 
tal. t, P 
Dama platyceros, Bonap. Index Mamm. Europ. 35, 1845. 
Tarandus Dama, Riippell, Verz. Senck. Samml. 183, 1846. 
Fallow Deer and Buck, Pennant; Knight, Mus. A. N. f. 581, 
597, 599. 
Daim et Daime, Buffon, Hist. Nat. vi. 
Daim fauve, F. Cuvier, Hist. N. vi. 167. f. 27, 28. 
Dama maculata, J. Brookes, Cat. Mus. 61, 1828.. 
Cervus coronatus, H. Smith, G. A. K. iv. t. . f. 4, from mon- 
strous horns. 
Var. Blackish. 
Cervus mauricus, Blainv. Bull. Soc. Phil. i. 1816, 72. 
C. Dama maura, Fischer, Syn. Mam. 448. 
Daime noire, F. Cuv. Mam. Lithog. t. 
Hab. Persia. Domesticated in Europe. 
This species is represented in sculpture from Nineveh. See 
Vaux, Nineveh, fig. at p. 233; Bonomi, Nineveh, p. 
Young. — 
Head and horns, dark variety. . 
Cervus mauricus, F. Cuv. Mam. Lathog. t. 
Adult male in winter. Italy. 
Young female im winter. France. 
OsTEOLOGY. 
Daim, Daub. Buffon H. N. vi. t. 29-31; Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. 29. 
t. 5. f. 23-31, 32-35; Mellin, Berlin Naturf. ii. t. 6, 7. 
Horns. 
Horns, a distorted variety. 
Horns, adult. 
Horns, adult, a distorted variety. 
Horns, adult. 
Horns, adult. 
4. The Rusine Deer or Samboo. Horns subcylindrical, with a 
distinet, anterior basal branch close on the burr or crown, 
without any medial branch, and with a rather elongated pe- 
duncle. Muffle large, high, not separated from the upper lip 
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