MAMMALIA. 201 



Platyceros, Pliny. 



Cervus platyceros, Raii Quad. 85. 



Cervus dama, Linn. S. N. i. 93 ; Sundevall, Pecora, 58 ; Schreb. 

 Saugth. t. 249 A, B. 



Dama vulgaris, Gesner, Quad. 335. f. 1; J. Brookes, Cat. Mus. 

 62; Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 181; Cat. Osteol. Spec. B. M. 

 65 ; Knowsley Menag. ; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850 ; Bonap. Fauna 

 Ital. t. 



Dama platyceros, Bonap. Index Mamm. Europ. 35, 1845. 



Tarandus Dama, Rilppell, Verz. Senck. Samml. 183, 1845. 



Fallow Deer and Buck, Pennant ; Knight, Mus. A. N. f. 581, 

 597, 599. 



Daim et Daime, Buffon, Hist. Nat. vi. 



Daim fauve, F. Cuvier, Hist. N. vi. 167. f. 27, 28. 



Dama maculata, J. Brookes, Cat. Mus. 61, 1828. 



Cervus coronatus, H. Smith, G. A. K. iv. t. . f. 4, from mon- 

 strous horns. 



Var. Blackish. 



Cervus mauricus, Blainv. Bull. Soc. Phil. i. 1816, 72. 



C. Dama rnaura, Fischer, Syn. Mam. 448. 



Daime noire, F. Cuv. Mam. Lithog. t. 



Hob. Persia. Domesticated in Europe. 



This species is represented in sculpture from Nineveh. See 

 Vaux, Nineveh, fig. at p. 233 ; Bonomi, Nineveh, p. 



Young. 



Head and horns, dark variety. 



Cervus mauricus, F. Cuv. Mam. Lithog. t. 

 Adult male in winter. Italy. 

 Young female in winter. France. 



OSTEOLOGY. 



Daim, Daub. Buffon H. N. vi. t. 29-31 ; Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. 29. 

 t. 5. f. 23-31, 32-35 ; Mellin, Berlin Naturf. ii. t. 6, 7. 



Horns. 



Horns, a distorted variety. 



Horns, adult. 



Horns, adult, a distorted variety. 



Horns, adult. 



Horns, adult. 



4. The Rusine Deer or Samboo. Horns subcylindrical, with a 

 distinct, anterior basal branch close on the burr or crown, 

 without any medial branch, and with a rather elongated pe- 

 duncle. Muffle large, high, not separated from the upper lip 



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