SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



770. 6. * M. Fygmeus (Pigmy Musk.) A very doubtful 

 species, said to be without succentovial hoofs, and to have 

 short carxines. The Antilope Pygmea, usually mistaken for 

 it. Left liere on the authority of M. Desmarests. 



The Pigmy Musk of Sumatra, figured in this Work, may 

 however be considered as a species. It is the size of the Kant- 

 chil ; ferruginous-gray above ; three white stripes beneath 

 the throat; legs buff. The specimen at Exeter 'Change 

 shewed no canines externally protruding, but the muzzle 

 was long and pointed. 



Obs. All the American species are supposed to be fawns 

 of Deer. 



Genus II. — Cervus, Lin. 



Incisors f ; canines £;&, or ^:J- ; molars {j;? = 32, or 34. 

 The canines in some males compressed and bent back ; 

 head long, terminated in most by a* muzzle ; ears large ; 

 pupils elongated ; suborbital sinus in most ; tongue, soft ; 

 no gall bladders ; four inguinal mammae. Horns solid, de- 

 ciduous ; existing in the males only, in the females with one 

 exception none, palmated, branched or simple ; the horn 

 consisting in a burr, or rose-shaped foot, a beam and 

 branches, or antlers; succentorial hoofs in all. 



Sub-genus I. — Aloe. Horns united into one blade or 

 pcdm, more or less indented ; no muzzle ; no canines ; tail^ 

 very short. 



111. 1. C. Alces (the Elk.) Horns spreading into a 

 broad palm, with exterior snags; no separate branches; 

 the snout very tumid, overhanging ; ears long ; neck short ; 

 legs very long ; stature considerable ; colours dark ashy- 

 brown, sometimes white. 



Var. With the basal part of the palm very deeply in- 

 dented, almost separated, and generally bifurcate. It ap- 



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