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ZOOLOGY. 



ing deer and antelopes is tlie Sivatherium (Fig. 524, 525) 

 of the Tertiary beds of the Himalaya Mountains, which had 

 two pairs of horns, and were gigantic creatures, nearly as 



Fig. 587.— Elk or Wapati.— Prom Gator's Antelope and Deer of America. 



bulky as an elephant, and of the singular form approxi- 

 mately indicated by the accompanying illustrations, having 

 affinities to the antelopes and the girafEe. 



The deer family (Cervida) is represented in the United 



