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THE UNGULATES, OR HOOFED MAMMALS 



tier of Eastern Tukestan; the so-called Leudorf's stag (C. letidorfi), of Amurland, 

 being in all probability not specifically distinct. The great peculiarity of this deer 

 is, that it is so closely allied to the American wapiti, that it is very doubtful if it 



WAPITI CHASED BY WOI.VRS. 



can be regarded as anything more than a variety of that species. The antlers have 

 the peculiar characteristics (to be noticed immediately) of the latter; one pair having 

 a length of fifty-one inches along the curve, with a basal diameter of ten and one- 



