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the region of the rather long tail ; head short and broad, with 

 somewhat small but deep face-glands, and the bare part of 

 the muzzle much as in Ccrvus (infra) \ head short and 

 broad ; hind-hoofs united only at the " heels " * by a close 

 fold of skin, with the foot-gland forming a long and deep 

 hair-lined interdigital cleft (as in Muntiacus), and a 

 moderately deep cleft on front of fore-pasterns ; upper 

 canines wanting (fig. 10), cheek-teeth very short-crowned 



FIG. 10. PALATAL ASPECT OF 

 SKULL OF FALLOW DEER (Dama 

 dama). % nat size. 



From Miller, Cat. Mamrn. Western 

 Europe. 



FIG. 11. LOWER FRONT TEETH OF 

 FALLOW DEER (Dama dama). 

 nat. size. 



From Miller, Cat. Mamm. Western 

 Ewope. 



and broad, and a marked difference in the size of the crowns 

 of the three pairs of lower incisors (fig. 11) ; orbits relatively 

 large ; young spotted. Other characters as in Cervus, 

 infra, p. 40. 



The original distributional area appears to have been 

 restricted to the Mediterranean countries and Persia ; but 

 the typical species has been introduced into Western and 

 Central Europe, where it exists in a semi-domesticated 



For explanation of this term see vol. ii, p. 172. 



