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SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



C. Paleodama (Fossil Dama of Scania.) Horns re- 

 sembling the living Fallow-deer, but with only one antler 

 on the beam, which is much more curved ; the palm nar- 

 rower in proportion ; its anterior border without snags, 

 forming a considerable segment of a circle ; the extre- 

 mity to the front, and downwards ; length forty-seven 

 inches. 



C, Paleodama, Retsius, Mem. Acad. Stockholm. G. Cuv. 

 Oss. Foss. Desmarests. 



Inhabit. Found in peat ground near Svedala in Scania, 

 Sweden. 



* C. Somonensis (Fossil Dama of Abbeville.) Horns re- 

 sembling the Fallow-deer, rising from the head, without 

 pedicles, larger, wanting an anterior antler. 



Syn. Daim d'une Grande Taille, Cuv. Cerf d' Abbeville. 

 Cervus Somonensis, Desm. 



Icon. Cuv. Oss. Foss. 



Inhabit. Found in the sands on the declivities of the 

 Somme, near Abbeville, France, and in Germany. 



Sub-genus IV. — Elaphus. Horns round ; three antlers 

 turned to the front ; summit terminaling in a fork or in snags 

 from a common centre ; suborbital si?ius ; canines i?i the males; 

 a muzzle. 



775. 5. C. Elaphus (the Stag.) Horns with three ante- 

 rior antlers, all curving upwards ; the summit forming 

 a crown of snags from a common centre ; tail middle-sized; 

 lachrymary sinus ; muzzle ; canines in the males ; colour 

 red-brown in summer, brown-gray in winter ; pale disk on 

 buttocks, 



Var. Barbary and Corsican Stag. Browner, smaller, 

 lower; horns terminating in forks ? This is the Bukr-al 



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