EASTERN RED DEER 



Skull and Antlers of Eastern Red Deer shot in the Western Caucasus by 

 Mr. St. George Littledale. 



C. EASTERN RED DEER or MARAL (Cervus elaphus maral). 



In this race of the red deer, which may intergrade with the typical 

 race by means of the Carpathian form, the height at the shoulder 

 reaches to about 4^- feet, and the build is stouter, the neck thicker, 

 and the face in the hinds longer and more pointed than in the true red 

 deer. The summer coat of immature animals is very generally 

 marked with numerous yellowish spots, and at all ages is much less red 

 than in the western race, being, in fact, grey in September. The colour 



