MARSH-DEER 



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Abnormal Marsh-Deer Antlers. 



MARSH -DEER (Mazama dichotoma). 



Antlers without a sub-basal snag, forking regularly, with both 

 prongs again dividing, and the upper one usually more complex than 

 the lower. Ears large, with white hair internally. Hair long and 

 coarse, reversed on the withers for a short distance. General colour of 

 upper-parts bright rufous chestnut in summer, browner in winter ; legs 

 black from the knees and hocks downward. No gland on hind cannon- 

 bone. Size, approximately that of a red deer. Although ten is the 

 usual number of points, sports are common. 

 Distribution. From Brazil to the inner wooded districts of Argentina. 



Owner. 



Dr. Albert von Stephani. 



Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



Admiral Sir William Kennedy. 



Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 



British Museum. 



G. R. Stuart. 



Sir Victor Brooke's Collection. 



