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MAMMALIA. 9921 
blue in the general shades of colouring, and is readily distin- 
guished by the want of the white over the hoofs, which is so ap- 
arent in its congeners. The fawn is spotted.” 
The Earl of Derby has these three kinds at Knowsley, but 
they breed together, and it has hence become inpossible to dis- 
criminate the mules from the original species. 
5. The Capreoline Deer. Horns without any anterior, basal snag, 
the first branch being considerably above the burr, very 
shortly peduncled. Crumen very small. Mufie broad and 
naked. Suborbital gland and pit in the skull generally smali 
and shallow, except in the genus Pudu. The tuft of hair on 
the inside of the hock distinct. The tuft on the outer side 
of the tarsus sometimes present. 
Capreoline Deer, Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. H.1850; Knows. Menag. 
Anoglochis, Bravard, Foss. Puy du Déme; Lesson, Mam. 259. 
Cerfs (Les Chevreuils et Les Daguets), Blainv.; Lesson, Mam. 
365, 367. 
Capreolide, J. Brookes, Mus. Cat. 62, 1828. 
A. Horns branched. 
a. Tarsal tuft above middle of bone. Old Continent. 
Capreea, Ogilby. . 
Les Chevreuils, Blainv. in Desm. Mam. 
Capreolidz, J. Brookes, Cat. Mus. 62, 1828. 
1. CAPREOLUS. 
Horns nearly erect, small, cylindrical, slightly branched, with 
a very short peduncle. Tail none, but a large, white anal disk. 
Crumen very indistinct. Hoofs narrow, triangular. The tuft on 
the hind-legs rather above the middle of the metatarsus. Fur 
of thick, brittle hair m winter, and thinner and more flexible hair 
in the summer. The adults are not spotted, and have a black 
spot at the angle of the mouth. The skull has a very small, 
shallow, suborbital pit. Intermaxillary nearly to the nasal. In- 
fraorbital impression very slight, rather deeper in the middle. 
Nasal not dilated behind. Two central lower cutting-teeth di- 
lated above, outermost very narrow. 
Found in Europe and North Asia. 
Caprea (capreolus), Ogilby, P. Z. S. 1836, 135. 
Capreolus, Gray, Lond. Med. Repos. 1821; Ann. & Mag. N.H. 
1850; Knowsley Menag.; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850; Lesson, 
Mamm. i. 269; N. Tab. R. A. 172. 
