ZOOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY BULLETIN 



No. 75 1*1 lil.ISHKl) HV THE N KW '\'oRK ZoOLOGILAL SoLTF.rV (Jctobcr^ '90^ 



OUR ASIATIC DEER COLLECTION. 



IT must he ailmitted that in representatives of 

 the Deer Family, Asia far surpasses all other 

 continents. The number of her species (about 

 thirty-eight) is fully double that of any other con- 

 tinental area, and from the Altai Wapiti to the 

 tiny Water Deer, the variations in size and form 

 are fairly bewildering. Sad to say, however, one 

 of the largest and most interesting species, known 

 as Pere David's Milou Deer, has actuallv become 



e.xtinct as to its wild state during the last ten 

 years. About thirty-five living specimens are all 

 that save the species from total extinction. 



It is quite certain that a number of desirable 

 species of Asiatic deer can successfully be intro- 

 duced into the jjarks and game preserves of .Amer- 

 ica, and induced to breed. From a zoological point 

 of view, the Asiatic deer are animals of real impor- 

 tance, and it is quite time that a good collection of 



AXIS Ml K. I K( i\l IMJIA. 

 Tlic Piirk herd now contains thirteen specimens 



E. H. SANBORN 



