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throat, and which, inhabiting the north of India, must corres- 
pond with the Hippelaphus of Aristotle.(1) 
C. capreolus, L.3; Buff. VI, xxxii, xxxiii. (The Roebuck of 
Europe.) With but two tines to its antlers ; of a fawn coloured 
grey; buttocks white ; without lachrymal sinuses, and scarcely 
any tail. Some individuals are of a very vivid red, and others 
blackish. This species lives in couples; inhabits the high 
mountains of the temperate parts of Europe; sheds its antlers 
towards the close of autumn, reproduces them during the win- 
ter; copulates in November, and is gravid five months and 
a half. The flesh is held in much more esteem than that of 
the Deer. There are none in Russia. 
C. pygargus, Pall., Schreb. CCLII. (The Roebuck of Tar- 
tary.) Similar to that of Europe, but the horns are more spi- 
nous 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. Red; lips, hinder part 
of the belly, and under part of the tail, white. Canini in both 
jaws. Inhabits the forest.(2) 
We might separate from the other Roebucks certain small species 
of India, which have sharp canini and antlers supported by pedicles 
which are covered by hairs on the forehead. Such is 
C. muntjac, Gm.; Buff. Supp. VII, xxvi. (The Kijang.) 
Smaller than that of Europe. Found in small herds at Ceylon 
and Java(3) 
CamELoparpALis, Lin.; Buff. Supp. VU, Ixxxi. 
The Giraffe 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 middle of the chanfrin is a tubercle or third horn, broader 
and much shorter, but likewise articulated by a suture. It is more- 
over one of the most remarkable animals in existence, from the 
length of its neck and the disproportioned height of its fore legs. 
Only one species is known, 
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(1) Add the C. hippelaphus; C. Wallichit; C. Mariannus ; C. Lechenaulti; C. 
Peroni; C. equinus ; and with respect to these species, see my Oss. Foss. tom. IV, 
and the figure of Hamilton Smith in the work a a 
(2) Add the Gouazou-Bira (C. nemorivagus, F . Cuy.); the Pounce tare KC. 
simplicicornis, Ham. Smith). 
(3) Add C. philippinus, Ham. Sm: —C. Cite ta 1d. &e, 
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