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THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS 



exist still in a wild state only in certain districts of Central 

 Asia, while the Arabian, or One-humped camel, has never 

 yet been met with in a truly wild condition, so that the 

 genus Camelus may be considered as truly Palsearctic. 



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Fig. 36.— The Musk-deer. 



{Moschus moschiferus.) 

 [List of Vert. An. 1806, p. 171.] 



Two other endemic genera belonging to the Deer-family 

 (Cervidw) are Moschus, the Musk-deer, a small hornless 

 deer found only in the higher mountain ranges of Central 

 Asia (Fig. 36); and Capreolus, the Roe-deer, fairly well 

 spread over the whole extent of the Region. 



