MILU DEER IOI 
Head of Milu Deer. 
The MILU or PERE DAVID’S DEER (Elaphurus davidianus). 
This remarkable deer differs from all the preceding, except elk 
and roebuck, by the absence of a brow-tine to the antlers, which are 
large and branching, the beam forking at a comparatively short 
distance above the burr, and the front prong of the fork again 
dividing, while the hind prong is long and straight. The bushy tail 
is longer than in any other deer, and the neck of the male is maned. 
There is a gland on the outer side of the upper half of the hind 
cannon-bone, but none on the hock. The colour is uniformly 
tawny in the adult, but spotted in the young. Height at shoulder 
about 3 feet 9 inches. In captivity the antlers are frequently shed 
twice a year. 
Distribution.—Northern China or (?) Kashgaria ; unknown in the wild 
state, and apparently now represented only by the herd at Woburn 
Abbey, Bedfordshire. 
