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out ettort. They range from northern Maine to the Arctic 

 regions. In the winter the herds of moose often form 

 yards in the snow, trampling it down for several miles, 



FIG. 358. Moose (A/ce Amcricanus}. 



banding together for protection against the wolves, to 

 whom they often fall victims in tfie soft, deep snow. The 

 great extinct Irish elk was an allied form, and their re- 

 mains are now frequently found in the Irish bogs. Their 

 horns often measured twelve feet from tip to tip, and were 

 so broad that three or four men could rest on them. They 

 were ten feet high, including the horns. The axis deer is 

 an Indian species, and is spotted with white, similar to 

 the fallow deer. In Java is found the Muntjac (Cervus 

 vaginalis) ; its horns are on bony pedestals, and the male 

 is remarkable for its long, protruding canine teeth in the 

 upper jaw. The musk-deer of Asia has similar teeth. 



VALUE. Fur, hides, horns, teeth, hoofs, sinews, musk, etc. 



Hollow - Horned Ruminants (Bovidce). General 

 Characteristics. This large family includes the buffaloes, 

 oxen, sheep, goats, and antelopes, distinguished from the 

 deer by the peculiar structure of the horns, that are hol- 

 low, and, as a rule, not shed. Two processes of the fore- 



