MAMMALIA. .515 



hniiiches or processes ; lachrymal sinus small ; muzzle widening 

 to a glandular termination, near the nostril. 



Cervus rufus. — The Pita Biiocket. — Plate XXII**. fig. 4. 

 — Fur lively reddish-bay ; face and feet rufous; lips and chin 

 white ; head pointed, muzzle small above ; small lachrymal 

 sinus ; male with canines ; horns about five inches long. Some- 

 what higher than the roebuck. Inhabits South America, south 

 of Honduras, and Paraguay. 



Sub-Genus 10. — Stylocerus. — Horns small, with only one 

 anterior snag standing upon elevated pedicles ; canines long in 

 most of the males ; suborbital sinus deep ; muzzle small. 



Cervus montjac. — The Sumatra Muntjak. — Plate XXII**. 

 fig. 3. — Fur gray-brown, paler below ; horns very 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 ; male with two superior canines. Size of a 

 roebuck. Inhabits India. 



TrIEE III. — GiRAFFIDiE. 



Frontal processes prolonged in the shape of horns, covered 

 with hairy skin, in both sexes. 



Genus 5. — Camelopardalis. — Linnceus. 



Generic Character. — Incisors ^, no canines, grinders ^^e j to- 

 tal 32. Head very long, with a bony sub-conic tubercle on the 

 forehead, and two osseous peduncles covered with skin, and 

 hairy, terminated by a tuft of bristles ; upper lip entire ; no lach- 

 rymal sinuses ; ears pointed ; tongue rough, with corneous 

 papillae ; eyes large, prominent ; neck extremely long, erect ; 

 withers greatly elevated ; legs slender, feet large, cleft ; a callo- 

 sity on the sternum ; four mammae. 



Camelopardalis giraffa. — Tim Giraffe. — Plate XXII. fig. 

 5. — Described, vol. II. p. 4-99. 



Tribe IV. — Caprid^. 



Horns persistent, generally annulated, having the prominences 

 of the frontal bone covered with a horny case. 



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