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Order IX. RUMINANTIA. 



The animals composing this Order are so named from their peculiar faculty of 

 masticating their food a second time ; they have no incisors in the upper 

 jaw, but eight in the lower. The feet are terminated by two toes, each of 

 which is enclosed in a hoof. 



Family Moschidee, Owen. 

 Genus MOSCHUS, Linn. 



838. The Musk-Deer (Moschus moschiferus, Linn.). (A young speci- 

 men.) 



Fig. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 107. Cat. of Mammalia in Brit. Mus. p. 172. 

 Hob. Asia. Alpine Mountains. Thibet. 



Family Cervida, Owen. 



Genus CERVUS, Linn. 



839. The Fallow-Deer (Cervus Dama, Linn.). (A foetal specimen.) 



Fig. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 109. Cat. of Mammalia in Brit. Mus. p. 181. 

 Hob. Europe. 



Family Antilopidce. 



Genus ANTILOCARPA, Richardson. 



840. The Cabrit (Antilocarpa furcifer, Rich. ; Antilope furcifer, H. 



Smith). 

 Fig. Smith, Linn. Trans, vol. xiii. p. 28. Cat. of Mammalia in Brit. Mus. 



p. 170. 



Hab. North America. Presented by Colonel Sabine, FR.S., 1823. 



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