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near the head; tail reddish-cinereous black at the 

 tip ; this part is somewhat compressed, and almost 



THE LARGE EARED DEER. 



naked beneath ; the hoofs are shorter and wider than 

 those of the Virginian Deer, and more like those of 

 the Wapiti ; the horns slightly grooved and tubercu- 

 lated at base with a similar antler, as in the Virginian ; 

 the beam less curved forwards, is bifurcated near the 

 summit, again divided, the anterior of the second bi- 

 furcatipn being somewhat longer than the posterior ; 

 the ears very long, extend to the principal bifurca 

 tion, about half the length of the whole horn ; the 

 lateral incisor teeth are larger in proportion to the 

 intermediate than in the Virginian ; eyelashes black ; 

 lachrymal apertures also larger, and the hair coarser, 

 and undulated, and compressed like that of the Wa- 

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