Zoological Society. 427 



Griffith, A. K. iv. 122. t. . — Capreolus pygargus, Sundev. Pecora, 

 61.— Tailless Beer, Pennant, Quad. i. 121.— Tailless Roe, Shaw. 

 Inhabits Central Asia. Collection of the British Museum. 



12. Furcifer, part. Wagner, Sundev. ; Mazama, part. Gray, H.Smith; 



Hippocamelus, Leuckart, 1 8 1 6 ; Cervequus, Lesson ; Capreolus 1 . 



Gray. 

 Horns erect, forked, without any basal snag ; ears narrow, acute ; 

 a short tail ; covered with thick, brittle, waved hairs ; there is a di- 

 stinct pencil of hairs on the inside of the hock, but none on the outer 

 sides of the metatarsus. Confined to South America. Differs from 

 Capreolus in the want of the outer tuft on the leg. 



1. Ftjrcifer Antisiensis. The Tarush or Taruga. 

 Yellow grey ; hairs rigid, quilled, brown, with a yellow subterminal 



ring ; edge of muffle and throat white ; face with a brown longitudinal 

 streak, and a lyrate band between the eyes ; the hoofs rather broad, 

 worn in front. 



Cervus Aatisiensis, D'Orbignv, Yov. Amer. Merid. t. f. ; Diet. 

 Univ. H. N. hi. 328 ; Tschudi, Faun. Peru, 1. 18 ; Sundev. Pecora, 60. 



Inhabits East coast of S. America ; Bolivian Alps. 



2. Furcifer Huamel. The Gemul. 



Fur dark, closely yellow punctated ; inside of the ears white. 



Equus bisulcus, Molina, Chili, 520 ; Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 430. — 

 Auchenia Huamel, H. Smith, G. A. K. v. 764. — Cervus Chileasis, 

 Gay et Gervais, Ann. Sci. Nat. 1846, 91 . — Cloven-footed Horse, Shaw, 

 Zool. ii. 441. — Guemul, Chihans. — Gemuel seu Huemul, Vidaure, 

 Chili, iv. 87. — Camelus equimis, Triverianus, Mus. Biol. ii. 179. — 

 Hippocamelus Julius, Leuckart de Equo bisulco, 24. 1816. — Cerv- 

 equus andicus, Lesson, Nov. Tab. R. A. 173. — Cervus {Capreohis) leu- 

 cotis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1849, 64. t. 12.— Capreolus ? Huamel, Gray, 

 Knows. Menag. 66. 



Inhabits mountains on East coast of South America. Patagonia. 



The female Gemul in the British Museum and in Lord Derby's 

 Museum at Knowsley is considerably larger, and has the legs thicker, 

 than the Siberian Ahu, which is much larger than the European Roe 

 Buck. 



MM. Gay and Gervais, who have compared the two species, con- 

 sider them distinct. 



13. Blastocerus, Wagner, Suudev. ; Mazama, sp. H. Smith ; 

 Furcifer, part. Wagner and Sundevall. 



Horns straight, erect, three-branched, without any basal snag ; a 

 very short tail, and rather large ears ; are covered with very thin soft 

 hair ; they have a distinct pencil of hairs on the inside of the hock, 

 but none on the outside of the metatarsus. Confined to Tropical 

 America, east and west coasts. 



1. Blastocerus paludosus. The Guazu-puco. 



Fulvous ; orbit, sides of muzzle, belly and under side of tail white ; 

 face-marks and feet blackish. 



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