CERVUS. MAMMALIA. 149 



sized, rather slender, more or less rugous ; stem sub-erect, with 

 anterior antler pointing forwards and upwards ; one or two smal- 

 ler behind, oblique ; lachrymal sinuses ; fur of reddish bay above, 

 white below. About four feet long. Paraguay Griff, iv. 136. 



C. nemoralis, Smith. Horns about eight inches long, sub-verti- 

 cal, rugous at the base ; small anterior antler about the middle 

 of the stem ; posterior second antler forming a fork with the 

 summits of the horn, which flattens and turns inwards and for- 

 wards, making a hook j black spot on the nose and each side of 

 the neck, and one on lower lip, all on a white ground ; fur on 

 the back brown gray. S. America Griff. An. King. iv. 137 



C. riifus, Desm. Horns short, simple ; canines in the upper jaw 

 of the male ; lachrymal sinuses ; tail pretty long ; fur bright red 

 above, white below. Four feet long. Paraguay. Griff, iv. 104. 



C. simplicornis, Smith. Horns small, simple, pointed j dark ring 

 round the orbits, and spots about the corner of the upper lip ; fur 

 bright fulvous ; tail short, with long hair of a red colour. Size 

 of the roebuck. Inhabits Brazil. Griff, iv. 141. 



C. nemorivagus, Desm. Horns straight, about two inches long ; 

 lachrymal sinuses small ; fur of a grayish brown above, white be- 

 low. S. America. Griff, iv. 142. 



C. Hiber tuts, (fossil,) Desm. (C. giganteus, Cuv.) Horns of very 

 great dimensions, forming a large palm, with antlers on both 

 borders, fewer than in the elk; spread of the horns nine to 

 twelve feet. The skeleton of a fine specimen of this animal from 

 the Isle of Man is in the Edinburgh Museum. Found fossil in 

 Europe. 



C. palceodama, Cuv. Horns resembling those of the fallow-deer, 

 but with only one antler on the stem. Found fossil in Sweden. 



C. 'Somonensis, Desm. Horns resembling those of the fallow-deer, 

 but larger, and rising immediately from the frontal bone. Fossil 

 in France and Germany. 



C. Guetardi, Desm. Horns similar to the rein-deer, but smaller in 

 dimensions, almost filiform, with two antlers at their base Fos- 

 sil in France. 



2d TRIBE. Horns or prominences of the frontal bone enve- 

 loped in a hairy skin, in both sexes. GIRAFFID.E, Smith. 



Gen 140. CAMELOPARDALIS, Lin. Cuv. Geoff. &c. 

 Incisors g, canines g-g, molars - 32. Head very long, 

 with a bony tubercle on the forehead, and two osseous pedun- 

 cles covered with skin and hairy, terminated by a tuft of 

 bristles ; upper lip entire ; no lachrymal sinuses ; ears point- 

 ed ; tongue rough, with corneous papillae ; eyes large ; neck 

 extremely long ; withers much elevated ; legs slender ; a cal- 

 losity on the sternum ; four mammae. 



