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RUMINANTIA. 



CERVIDiE. 



CERVID^. 



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 cajjrea (Gray). 



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

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

 ;i large white patch on the rump. 



Cervus capreolus, Linn.eds, Syst. Nat. I. 94. 



,, pygarijKS, Pallas, It. I. 97. 

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



This Deer differs from the species akeady deserihed 

 ill several important particulars, which, coupled with the 



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

 KoUiker {Wilrzh. nat. Zeitschrift, vol. vi. p. 82). 



