THE UNGULATES. OR HOOFED MAMMALS 



illustration) are characterized by the great development of the forked posterior tine, 

 at the expense of the unbranched front-tine; the number of points thus being three. 

 The hair is thick, coarse, and glossy; its color on the upper parts being light 

 reddish brown. The lower parts of the flanks, as well as the chin, throat, chest, 

 and a stripe on the limbs, are dusky; while the under parts, inner sides of the limbs, 

 under side and tip of the tail, and insides of the ears are white. 



The pampas deer is the largest and most common Ruminant in the 

 Habits districts from which it takes its name. It frequents dry and open 



parts of the country, and is generally found in pairs or small parties, the old bucks 



THE PAMPAS DEER. 

 (One-twelfth natural size.) 



being, however, solitary. Mr. Darwin says that " if a person crawling close along 

 the ground, slowly advances toward a herd, the deer frequently, out of curiosity, 

 approach to reconnoitre him. I have by this means killed, from one spot, three out 

 of the same herd. Although so tame and inquisitive, yet when approached on horse- 

 back they are exceedingly wary. In this country nobody goes on foot, and the deer 

 knows man as its enemy only when he is mounted and armed with the bolas. ' ' 



The male of the pampas deer possesses an unpleasant and penetrating effluvium, 

 which, as we can personally attest, can be detected at a distance of several miles. 



