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RUMINANTIA. 



CERVIDyE. 



CERVIDJ1. 



Genus CAPREOLUS (H. Smith). 



Generic Character. Antlers small, upright, rounded, with no basal tine. 

 Tear-pits only slightly developed. No canines.* No external tail. 



ROE DEER. 



Capreolus caprea (Gray). 



Specific Character. Antlers with two tines, one directed forwards, the 

 other backwards. Colour reddish -brown in summer, yellowish-grey in winter ; 

 a large white patch on the rump. 



Cervus capreolus, LINN.EUS, Syst. Nat. I. 94. 



,, pygargus, PALLAS, It. I. 97. 

 Capreolus caprea, J. E. GRAY, Mamm. Brit. Mas. 176. 



THIS Deer differs from the species already described 

 in several important particulars, which, coupled with the 



* Abnormal skulls with canine teeth have, however, been described by Prof. 

 Kolliker (Wiirzb. nat. Zeitschrift, vol. vi. p. 82). 



