148 MAMMALIA. RUMINANTIA. 



C. Mariannus, Desm. Horns round., with two antlers, the basal one 

 nearly vertical,, the second posterior and internal; lachrymal si- 

 nuses; fur grayish brown ; tail short. Less than the fallow-deer. 

 Marianna Islands. Griff, iv. 115. 



C. porcinus, Lin. The Porcine Deer,, Penn. Horns slender, with 

 two antlers very little developed, the second near the summit; 

 head short ; ears round at tip ; fur fawn-coloured, spotted with 

 white. Sharv, ii. pi. 180. 



C. dama, Lin. The Fallow-Deer. Horns in the male only, round, 

 with two antlers ; summits palmated, deeply dentated ; fur brown, 



\ with white spots, whitish below; tail long. Inhabits Europe 

 and Western Asia. B Shaw, ii. pi. 178. 



C. capreolus, Lin. The Roebuck. Horns rather small, cylindrical, 

 a small antler on the middle of the stem pointing forward ; a second 

 higher up, directed backward ; no lachrymal sinuses ,^fur gray 

 brown or fawn-coloured, buttocks white. About 3^ feet long. 

 There is a black coloured variety Inhabits Europe. B. 



C. pygargus, Desm. Horns cylindrical, rugous, denticulated ; first 

 antler vertical, with processes at the base, the summit bilobed; 

 posterior antlers horizontal ; fur brown, paler below ; a large 

 white disc on the buttocks; tail rudimentary. Size of the stag. 

 Russian Tartary. Schreb. tab. 253. 



C. muntjac, Desm. Horns extremely short, upon pedicles, bent 

 inwards, with a little rudimentary antler at the base pointing 

 forwards ; pedicles prolonged in the form of ribs down to the nose, 

 two superior canines in the male ; fur gray brown, paler below. 

 Size of the roebuck. Inhabits India. Griff, iv. 144. 



C. subcornutus, Blainville. Horns small, with regular burr, and 

 small process in front ; the point of the stem turned back ; pedi- 

 cles of the horns not much prolonged on the forehead; no canines. 



C. Virginianus, Desm. Virginian Deer, Penn. Horns much bent 

 forwards, with an antler on the internal face of each stem di- 

 rected inwards, and two or three others at the posterior face di- 

 rected backwards ; lachrymal sinuses ; no canines ; fur cinnamon 

 fawn in summer, gray in winter. Between five and six feet long. 

 N. America Harlan, 238. 



C. macrotis, Say. Horns slightly grooved and tuberculated at the 

 base, similar in form to the C. Virginianus; ears very long, reach- 

 ing to the bifurcation of the horns ; fur reddish brown ; tail com- 

 pressed, almost naked beneath. United States. Harlarts Faun. 

 Amer. 243. 



C. paludosus, Desm. Horns rather large, cylindrical, terminated 

 by a fork, with a branch above the burr pointing forward and up- 

 wards, sometimes bifurcate ; muzzle large ; lachrymal sinuses ; 

 tail of medium length; fur red bay above, whitish below; a black 

 triangle on the forehead. Size of the stag Griff: iv. 134. 



C. campestris, P. Cuv. (C. leucogaster, Schreb.) Horns middle- 



