1878.] 



CLASSIFICATION OF THE CERVIDE. 



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those with telemetacarpal limbs are printed in italics, and those with 

 plesiometacarpal limbs in ordinary type. From this a remarkable 

 parallelism becomes at once apparent between the distribution of the 

 Cervidae in the two main divisions of the earth's surface, and the 

 condition of the rudimentary external digits of their fore limbs. Of 

 the 39 species confined to the Old World, 36 are Plesiometacarpi, 

 the exceptions being Hydropotes inermis and the two species of 

 Capreolus. Of the 22 species confined to the New World, 21 are 

 Telemetacarpi, Cervus canadensis being the sole exception. Both 

 species of circumpolar range are Telemetacarpi. 



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Old World. 



Cervulus muntjac. 



lacrymans. 



reevesii. 



Elapbodus cepbalophus. 



niicbianus ? 



Cervus (Rusa) aristotelis. 

 ( ) equiuus. 



) swinhoii. 



) pbilippinus. 



) uiariannus ? 



) nigricans. 



( ) alfredi. 



( ) kuhli. 



( ) porcimis. 



( ) lepidus ? 



( ) hippelaphus. 



(Rucervus) duvauceli. 



( ) schomburgki. 



( ) eldi. 



(Elapburus) davidianus. 



(Axis) axis. 



(Pseudaxis) sika. 



( ) euopis ? 



( ) niantchurieus. 



( ) dybowskii ? 



( ) kopsehi ? 



( ) taevanus. 



( ?) caspicus. 



(Cervus) elapbus. 



( ) xantbopygus ? 



■ ( ) eustephauus. 



( ) maral. 



casbineerianus. 



affinis. 



(Dama) daina. 



( ) mesopotaruicus. 



Hydropotes inermis. 

 Capreolus capraa. 



Northern ret/ ions of 

 bo th Hem isp lu res. 



1. Alces maehlis. 



2. Bangifer tarandm. 



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New World. 



Cariaciis(Carktcv.s)virginianus. 

 -) leucurus ? 

 -) imxicanus. 

 -) similis ? 

 -) savannarurii. 

 -) peruvianas. 



) gymnotis. 



) toltccv<. 



) macrotis. 



) columbianus. 



Blastocerus) paludowt. 



) eampesfris. 



Furcifer) chilensis. 



) ant i sic n sis. 



Coassus) rufus. 



) simplieicornis. 



) rujinus. 



) nemorivagus. 



) superciliaria. 



) whitelyi. 



Pudua humilis. 

 Cervus canadensis. 



The fact of the plesiometacarpal and telemetacarpal limb-charac- 

 ters so closely corresponding with the distribution of the Cervidae 

 in the Old and New Worlds, would in itself have convinced me of 

 their fundamental importance ; but a certain osteological cranial cha- 



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