170 MAMMALIA. 
in much more esteem than that of the Deer. There are none in 
Russia. 
C. pygargus, Pall., Schreb. CCLII. (The Roebuck of Tartary). 
Similar to that of Europe, but the horns are more spinous at the 
base; the hair is longer; and it is almost as large as the Deer. It 
inhabits the high grounds beyond the Volga. 
It appears that there are some Roebucks in America, whose antlers 
always remain simple or without tines. 
C. rufus, F. C.; Gouazoupita, Azz. Hair red; lips, hinder part 
of the belly, and under part of the tail, white. Canines in both 
jaws. Inhabits the forest.* 
We might separate from the other Roebucks certain small species of 
India, which have sharp canines, and antlers supported by pedicles which 
are covered by hairs on the forehead. Such is 
C. muntjac, Gm.; Buff. Supp. VII. xxvi. (The Kijang, or Indian 
Roebuck.) Smaller than that of Europe. Found in small herds at 
Ceylon and Java.} 
CamecoparpDaLis, Lin.; Buff. Supp. VII. Ixxxi. 
The Camelopardalis is characterized in both sexes by conical horns, always 
covered with a hairy skin, and which are never shed. Their bony nucleus, 
when young, is articulated with the os frontis by a suture. On the mid- 
dle of the chanfrin is a tubercle or third horn, broader and much shorter, 
but likewise articulated by a suture. It is moreover one of the most re- 
markable animals in existence, from the length of its neck and the dis- 
proportioned height of its fore legs. Only one species is known, 
C. girafa, F. Cuv. Mammif. (The Giraffe). Which is confined 
to the deserts of Africa, and has short grey hair sprinkled with fawn 
coloured angular spots, and a small fawn coloured and grey mane. 
It is the tallest of all animals, for its head is frequently elevated 
eighteen feet from the ground. Its disposition is gentle, and it 
feeds on leaves. The Romans had Giraffes in their games. Helio- 
dorus gives a good description of it, and one or two were brought into 
Italy in the middle century. Several have lately been sent to 
Europe from Egypt.f The 
RUMINANTIA WITH HOLLOW HORNS 
Are more numerous than the others, and we have been compelled to 
divide them into genera from characters of but little importance, drawn 
from the form of their horns and the proportions of their different parts. 
* Add the Gouaxou-Bira (C. nemorivagus, F. Cuv.); the Nouazou-Apara (C. sim- 
plicicornis, Ham. Smith). 
+ Add C. philippinus, Ham. Sm.—C. moschatus, Id. &c. 
{ M. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, from some differences in the spots, and in the cur- 
vature of the cranium of the few individuals in Europe, thinks that the Giraffe of 
Nubia and Abyssinia is not of the same species as that from the Cape. 
