170 MAMMALIA. 



in much more esteem than that of the Deer. There are none in 

 Russia. 



C. pygargus, Pall., Schreb. CCLII. (The Roebuck of Tartary). 

 Similar to that of Europe, but the horns are more spinous at the 

 base; the hair is longer; and it is almost as large as the Deer. It 

 inhabits the high grounds beyond the Volga. 



It appears that there are some Roebucks in America, whose antlers 

 always remain simple or without tines. 



C. rufus, F. C. ; Gouazoupita, Azz. Hair red; lips, hinder part 



of the belly, and under part of the tail, white. Canines in both 



jaws. Inhabits the forest.* 



We might separate from the other Roebucks certain small species of 



India, which have sharp canines, and antlers supported by pedicles which 



are covered by hairs on the forehead. Such is 



C. muntjac, Gm. ; Buif. Supp. VII. xxvi. (The Kijang, or Indian 

 Roebuck.) Smaller than that of Europe. Found in small herds at 

 Ceylon and Java-f 



Camelopardalis, Lin. ; BufF. Supp. VII. Ixxxi. 



The Camelopardalis is characterized in both sexes by conical horns, always 

 covered with a hairy skin, and which are never shed. Their bony nucleus, 

 when young, is articulated with the os frontis by a suture. On the mid- 

 dle of the chanfrin is a tubercle or third horn, broader and much shorter, 

 but likewise articulated by a suture. It is moreover one of tlie most re- 

 markable animals in existence, from the length of its neck and the dis- 

 proportioned height of its fore legs. Only one species is known, 



C. girafa, F. Cuv. Mammif. (The Giraife). Which is confined 

 to the deserts of Africa, and has short grey hair sprinkled with fawn 

 coloured angular spots, and a small fawn coloured and grey mane. 

 It is the tallest of all animals, for its head is frequently elevated 

 eighteen feet from the ground. Its disposition is gentle, and it 

 feeds on leaves. The Romans had Giraffes in their games. Helio- 

 dorus gives a good description of it, and one or two were brought into 

 Italy in the middle century. Several have lately been sent to 

 Europe from Egypt, j The 



RUMINANTIA WITH HOLLOW HORNS 



Are more numerous than the others, and we have been compelled to 

 divide them into genera from characters of but little importance, drawn 

 from the form of their horns and the proportions of their different parts. 



* Add the Gouazou-Bira (C. neviorivagus, F. Cuv.); the Nouazou-Apara {C. sim- 

 plicicornis, Ham. Smith). 



t Add C. philippimis, Ham. Sm. — C. moschatus, Id. &c. 



X M. GeofFroy Saint Hilaire, from some differences in the spots, and in the cur- 

 vature of the cranium of the few individuals in Europe, thinks that the Giraffe of 

 Nubia and Abyssinia is not of the same species as that from the Cape. 



