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THE UNGULATES, OR HOOFED MAMMALS 



of the Caucasus and the Ukraine, and it extends into Western Asia in Persia. Its 

 fossil remains occur in the superficial deposits of England and the Continent; but at 

 the present day roedeer are found wild within the limits of the British Isles only in 

 Scotland, and in the neighborhood of the Blackmoor Vale, in Dorsetshire, where 

 they were reintroduced in the early part of the century. In the year 1884 a few 



MALE AND FEMALE ROEDEER. 

 (One-twelfth natural size.) 



head were, however, turned out in Epping forest; and some are kept in certain Eng- 

 lish parks. 



Tartarian Roe In Turkestan and the mountains separating Russia from China, the 

 place of the ordinary roe is taken by the nearly-allied Tartarian roe (C. 

 pygargus}, distinguished by its superior size, the more hairy ears, and the larger 

 white patch on the rump. In Manchuria there is a third form, of small size, and 

 differing somewhat in coloration from both the others. 



