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HOOFED ANIMALS 



hoofs, bounds upward as if propelled by steel springs, and 

 flies forward for an astonishing distance. In Manitoba and 

 a few other localities this remarkable gait has caused this 

 animal to be called the Jumping Deer. Owing to the fact 



Copyright, 1900, N. Y. Zoological Society. 



MULE DEER WITH ANTLERS IN THE VELVET. 



that it lives in a dry climate and rarefied atmosphere, and 

 subsists on very dry foods, it is difficult to acclimatize it any- 

 where outside of its own home. East of the Mississippi most 

 Mule Deer die of gastro-enteritis. This species has not been 

 successfully acclimatized anywhere east of the Great Plains. 



