10 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



d* Vomer dividing posterior aperture of nostrils 



into two distinct chambers. 

 d s . Naviculo- cuboid of tarsus free from cunei- 

 form. 

 d 4 . Metatarsal glands normally present, 



tarsal glands always developed. 

 </'. Antlers normally complex, with sub- 

 basal snag, and front-prong of main 

 fork developed at expense of hind 



one Odocoileus. 



e 4 . Metatarsal glands wanting. 



e r> . Antlers dichotomously forking, with- 

 out subbasal snag and with more 



than two tines Blastocerns. 



c r> . Antlers simply forked Hippocamelus. 



e 7 . Antlers simple spikes Mazam a. 



c ? \ Naviculo - cuboid of tarsus fused with 

 cuneiform. Antlers minute ; no meta- 



tarsal, tarsal, or pedal glands Pudu. 



B. Antlers present in females; muzzle completely 



hairy. 

 Lateral metacarpals and vomer as in Odocoileus. ... Jlangifer. 



II. Genus MUNTIACUS. 



Muntiacus, Bafinesquc, Analyse de la Nature, p. 56, 1815. 



Cervulus, Blainvitte, Bull. Soc. Philom. 1816, p. 77 ; Brooke, Proc. 



Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 898 ; Riltimeyer, Abh. schweiz. pal. Ges. 



vol. viii, p. 23, 1881 ; Blanford, Fauna Brit. India, Mamm. 



p. 531. 1891; LydeMer. Deer of all Lands, p. 203, 1898; 



PococJc, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 952. 



Muntjaccus, Gray, Thomson's Ann. Philos. vol. xxvi, p. 342, 1825. 

 Stylocerus, H. Smith, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. v, p. 319, 



1827. 



Prox, Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1836, p. 135. 

 Muntjacus, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 173, 1843. 



Small, high-rumped deer, with the lateral metacarpals 

 represented by their upper extremities (plesiometacarpalian 

 type), tusk-like upper canines, and small simple antlers, 

 consisting of a basal brow-tine and a beam, and surmounting 

 long bony pedicles, continued downwards as prominent 

 convergent ridges on the frontal region of the skull; in 

 females the pedicles represented by tufts of bristly hair and 

 small bony prominences. Suborbital face -glands large, a pair 

 of frontal glands of variable size on the inner sides of the 

 frontal ridges, and glands forming deep clefts on front of 

 hind-pasterns, but no tarsal or metatarsal glands or tufts ; 

 face long, with a large bare muffle extending up between the 



