278 ORDER vra. 



and Axis being more equally proportioned ; short- 

 bodied as compared with true stags, and more ro- 

 bust ; they have short pedicles to the horns, and a 

 very characteristic gait. The other comprises C. 

 Moluccensis, equinus of Cuvier, C. nudipalpebra, 

 and the true hog deer, all with long pedicles. 



Sub-genus Axis. (7. nwJipalpebra^ Ogilb., may 

 be a distinct species, retaining the coarse hair and 

 nakedness about the orbits of some Rusce, and the 

 Axine spots indistinct, almost invisible. 



Sub-genus CAPREOLUS. Roebucks. 



Sub-genus MAZAMA. Here may be added the 

 Cervus humilis of the mountains of Chili., 



Sub-genus SUBULO. The Brockets. 



Sub- genus STYLOCERUS. The Muntjaks. 



Cervus tunjuc. Vigors, by Mr. Gray considered 

 one of the Rusa group, is evidently intermediate 

 between them. 



Cervus ratwa, Hodgson, is a Muntjak we do not 

 find described. 



The Styloceri, with elevated bony pedicles, often 

 deprived of horns, connect them with the 



GIRAFFID^E ; 



OF which it is not yet proved there is more than 

 one species in existence. A singularity in the or- 

 ganisation of the Giraffe, according to Professor 

 Owen's researches, is the presence of a double gall- 



