Manchurian Wapiti 



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On the other hand, C. hicdorji was considered to be nothing more than a 

 local race of the wapiti, under the name of C. canadensis hiedorfi.. A hind 

 at Woburn figured under the latter name was, however, soon after ascer- 

 tained to be inseparable from C. xanthopygns. 



And in 1898, the same year in which the Deer- of All Lands was pub- 

 lished, Monsieur E. de Pousargues,' of the Paris Museum, arrived at the 



Fig. ig. — Adult Antlers of the Manchurian Wapiti. (After Bolau.) 



conclusion that C xanthopygns and C. lucdorji were one and the same animal, 

 for which the former title, as the earlier, must be employed. Monsieur 

 Pousargues was further of opinion that the Altai wapiti is only a local 

 race of C. xanthopygns. The present animal was accordingly named C. 

 xanthopygns typicus by M. de Pousargues, and the Thian Shan wapiti C 

 xanthopygns eiistephanus ; Severtzoff's C. maral, var. asiatica, or sibirica, being 



1 Mem. Soc. Zoal. Piiris, vol. xi. p. 209 (1898). 



