SPECIES OV MAMMALIA. 



Icon. In our possession. 



Inhabits remotest part of North Western America. 



778. 8. a Wcdlichii (Nepaul Stag.) Horns rather 

 short, with two small antlers at base, pointing to the 

 front ; half way up the beam a small snag turned for- 

 ward ; large suborbital opening ; colours yellowish brown- 

 gray ; large disk upon the croup; tail very short. 



C. Wallichii, G. Cm. 



Icon. F. Cuv. Mam. Lithog. 

 . Inhabit* the Mountains of Nepaul, the only specimen 

 known being brought from thence by Dr. Wallich. 



* C. Amenca?ius (Fossil Stag of America.) Frag- 

 ments and part of a skull of a fossil species, allied to 

 Canadensis, found with bones of Mastodon near the Fails 

 of Opio. 



C. Americanos. Fossil F,lk of the United States. Harlan 

 Fauna Americana, first noticed by Dr. Wistar. Tram. 

 Amer. Phil. Soc. New Series, vol. 1. 



Habitat. Fossil in North America. 



Sub-genus V. — Rusa. Horns trifiircate, with basal but 

 no median antler ; beam terminating in a perch, with one 

 process or snag on the anterior or posterior side of the beam, 

 and forming a fork ; broad muzzle ; deep suborbital slit ; 

 canines, sometimes even in the females ; mane on neck ; in 

 most dark colours. 



■ 110. 9. C. Hippelaphus (the Great Rusa.) Horns tri- 

 furcated; basal antler on the burr; beam reclining back 

 and outwards, with a medial bifurcation, tlie branch being 

 on the external anterior side ; heavy mane and beard on the 

 neck; large suborbital opening ; tail long, terminated by a 

 dark tuft; hair coarse fulvous-brown in sunnncr, gray- 

 brown in winter ; no disk ; large staJui'e. 



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