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XV. Genus HYDROPOTES. 



Hydropotes, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 89; Brooke, ibid. 

 1872, p. 522, 1878, p. 916 ; Garrod, ibid. 1877, p. 780 ; Riitimeyer, 

 Abh. scluvciz.pal. Ges. vol. viii, p. 21, 1881 ; Pocock. Proc. Zool 

 Soc. 1910, p. 956; nee Hydropota, BontJani, 1861. 



Hydrelaphus, Lydckker, Deer of All Lands, p. 219, 1898 ; Troiiessart, 

 Cat. Mamm., Suppl. p. 691, 1905; Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field 

 Mits. (Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. viii) p. 37, 1907. 



Lateral metacarpals as in Odocoilcus, that is to say, repre- 

 sented by their lower extremities ; antlers wanting ; muzzle 

 with a large naked area surrounding nostrils ; ears moderate, 

 narrow, and pointed ; tail very short ; face rather long ; coat 

 uniformly coloured in adult, spotted in young; no metatarsal 

 or tarsal glands ; lachrymal pits of skull small but deep ; face- 

 glands small ; hind-pasterns with a gland forming a deep 

 interdigital cleft, as in Dama, and hoofs united at heels by 

 a fold of skin, no distinct gland in fore-feet ; lateral hoofs of 

 moderate size ; upper canines forming long, curved, and 

 slightly convergent tusks (fig. 45), which grow from semi- 

 persistent pulps, those of females smaller ; cheek-teeth 

 tall-crowned. Size small. In old animals the pulp-cavity 

 of the upper canines obliterates. The auditory bullae are 

 greatly inflated, and the hind angle of the lower jaw is much 

 produced backwards, forming a compressed semicircular 

 process projecting behind the level of the condyle; the 

 vomer does not divide the aperture of the posterior nostrils. 



The distribution is restricted to China and Korea. 



HYDROPOTES INERMIS. 



Hydropotes inermis, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 89 ; Hamilton, 

 ibid. 1871, p. 258, 1873, p. 473 ; Brooke, ibid. 1872, p. 522, 1878, 

 p. 916 ; Gray, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 95, 1872, Hand- 

 List Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 166, 1873 ; Garrod, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1877, p. 789 ; Forbes, ibid. 1882, p. 636 ; Flower and Garson, 

 Cat. Osteol. Mus. R. Coll. Surg. pt. ii, p. 321, 1884 ; Flower and 

 Lydekker, Study of Mammals, p. 32S, 1891 ; LydeJcker, Horns 

 and Hoofs, p. 322, 1893 ; Hilzheimer, Abh. Mus. Naturkunde 

 Magdeburg, vol. i, p. 171, 1906; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, 

 p. 956. 



Hydropotes affinis, Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 524 ; Hilzheimer, 

 Abh. Mus. Naturkunde Magdeburg, vol. i, p. 171, 1906. 

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