SYNOPSIS OF THE 



Syn. Bois de Cerf, trouves a Etampes. Gueiard Mem. 

 G. Cuv. Oss. Foss. Cerf d'Etampes, Cervus Guetardi, 



Desmarests. 



Sub-genus III. — Dama. Horns round, with brow and be- 

 zantler pointed ; summit palmated, lengthways ; no canines ; 

 a muzzle. 



774. 4. C. Dama (the Fallow-deer.) Horns in the 

 male only, round, with brow and bezantlers pointed ; 

 the summit palmed lengthways, indented above and below; 

 colours brown with white spots; tail long-, black above, 

 white below ; no canines ; a muzzle ; black streak on but- 

 tocks, behind which the rest is white. 



Var. Brown, and in the north, one nearly black. 



Platyceros and Dama, Pliny. Dama Vulgaris, Gesn. 

 Aldroii. Platogna, Belon. Daim, Buffon, G. and F. Cuv. 

 C. Dama, Auctor. Fallow-deer, Pent., Shavj. 



Icon. Bujf. Schreb. F. Cuv. Mam. Lithog. 



Inhabits Europe ; Western Asia. 



C. Giganteus (Fossil Dama of Ireland.) Horns of very 

 large dimensions ; broad palm with snags on both borders, 

 fewer than in the Elk , brow and bezantler ; first snag 

 of the palm longest ; skeleton resembling the Stags, but 

 approaching in size that of the Elk. 



Syn. Irish Elk. Fossil Elk of Ireland, Molinev/v, Pent. 

 8fC. C. Giganteus, G. Cuv. C. Hibernus, Desmarests ; per- 

 haps the Machlis of Pliny. Euryceros of Oppian. Segh 

 of the Britons, and Schelch of the Ancient Germans. 



Icon. Heads in Phil. Transactions. Skeleton, Encyclop. 

 Britain Supl. Idem, Cuv. Oss. Foss. 



Inhabit. Found in the peat bogs of Ireland, in Germany, 

 near Worms on the Rhine, and in England, France, &c. 

 The skeleton in the Isle of Man. 



3 op ! 



