THE AMERICAN BISON 



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possess them. The two forms devoid of antlers are the 

 Chinese water deer and the musk deer, the latter being 

 an inhabitant of central and eastern Asia, where it 

 dwells in high elevations. Among the other deer may 

 be mentioned the muntjacs of south-eastern Asia, with 

 very short antlers borne on long pedicles, the Sambur 

 deer, hog deer, swamp deer, the axis, the fallow deer, 

 the Cashmir deer, and the sika, all from Asia ; the red 



Fig. 52. 



THE MUSK DEER. 



deer of Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa, 

 the roebuck of Europe and Avestei'n Asia, the moose and 

 caribou of the extreme north of the Old and New Worlds, 

 the wapiti, the Virginian, Mexican, and mule (or large- 

 eared) deer of North America, and a few South American 

 forms known as brockets. With these two great groups 

 (i) the hollow-horned and (2) the antler-bearing animals, 

 are to be classed three small and exceptional groups, only 

 one of which has horns of any kind. The first of these 



