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XXXVI. — The Mammals of Turkestan. 

 By Dr. N. Severtzoff. 



[Continued from p. 336.] 



77. Cervus maral (C. canadensis^ var. ?). 



The specimens from the Thian-Shan resemble those from 

 the Altai in size, sliape of horns, and colour ; the latter are now 

 in the Moscow Museum. The Thian-Shan specimens are 

 somewhat darker, and perhaps larger in size. 



The male winter specimens collected by me resemble the 

 specimen in the Moscow Museum ; and I also obtained one in 

 the summer dress. This species is very close to G. canadensis^ 

 and is much more distinct from C. elaphus. The principal 

 differences are in the size, length of tail, and colour, and to a 

 certain degree also in the horns. Length from head to the 

 tail 7' 8'' to 8' ; length of tail 2'' ; length of each horn 4', or 

 even 4|' ; height at the shoulders 4' 10" to 5'. The measure- 

 ments of C. canadensis are about the same ; the tail, however, 

 is longer, say about 4'^ 



Length of C. elaphus 6^' to 7', seldom up to 7\' ; height 

 3' 10''' to 4' ; tail 5" to Q" ; horn up to 3', and very seldom 

 longer. 



The colour of this species on the head and neck, which are 

 covered with rather longer hair than the rest of the body, is 

 brownish grey ; each hair has black and pale greyish-brown 

 rings. The shoulders, the back, the sides, and the thighs are 

 brownish grey, shaded with yellow, considerably lighter than 

 the neck ; round the tail, on the rump, and part of the 

 thighs there is a broad, round, yellowish spot, separated 

 from the other colour of the body by a dark-grey stripe, 

 which is sharply marked towards the tail, whilst it gradually 

 shades off into the grey colour of the back. The tail under- 

 neath is bare, and above is covered with light-yellow hair, 

 marked with a greyish-brown line down the middle. The 

 breast, the belly, and the legs are of a clear dark brown 

 colour. 



These specimens, two adult males and a young one, were 

 obtained at the end of October in the Alatau, east of Vernoe, 

 on the summits of Turgeni, near the eastern portion of the 

 Issik-kul ; the colour is similar on all the three specimens. 

 The female specimen is dark brown, the spot at the tail is 

 small, light brown, without a stripe : the hair is rough, not 

 close and short ; on the neck it is hardly longer at all than on 

 the other parts of the body. This example was obtained at 



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