MOSCHUS. 171 



Antilocapra americana. 



Antilope americana, Ord Guthrie's Geography iznd Amer. ed., ii, pp. 292, 308 



(181S)*. 

 Antilocapra annericana, Ord journal de Physique, Ixxxvii, p. 14Q (1818)* ; 



P. L Sclater P. Z. S., 1865, p. 60, pi. iii ; Bartlett P. Z. S., 1865, p. 718 ; 



Murie P. Z.S., 1870, p. 3,^4; Forbes P. Z. S., 1880, p. S40 ; 

 Antilope furcifer, H. Smith Linn. Trans., xiii, p. 28, pi. ii (1822). 

 Antilope (Dicranoceros) furcifer, H. Smith, Griffith An. Kingd., iv, p. 170 



(1827). 



The Prong Buck. 



Distribution. — North America, west of the Missouri from the 

 Saskatchewan southwards to Northern Mexico. 



a. Stuffed $ North America H. A. Ward [Ex.], 1879. 



b. Skeleton $ North America Brit. Mus. [Ex ], 1878. 



c. Skeleton W. Jamrach [P.], 1876. 



d. Skin Montana, N America ,.. 



Genus GIRAFFA. 



Giraffa, Zimmermann Geogr. Geschichte, ii, p. 125 (1783). 

 Camelopardalis, Gmelin Sysi. Nat., i, p. 181 (1788). 



Girafifa camelopardalis. 



-Cervus camelopardalis, Linnaeus Sysi. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 92 (1766). 

 Giraffa camelopardalis Zimmermann Geogr. Geschichte, ii, p. 125 (1780); 



Gray Cat. Mam. B. M., iii, p. 181. 

 Camelopardalis giraffa, Gmelin Sysi. Nat., i, p. 181 (1788); Blyth Cat., 



p. 144- 

 Camelopardalis aethiopicus, et. C. capensis Ogilby, P. Z. S., p. 134 (1836). 



Distribution. — Africa south of the Atlas. 



a. Skeleton mted. ^ Lord Canning, 1862, 



4. Skull No history. 



c. Skin S W. Rutledge, 1881. 



d. Skin, skeleton $ Zoological Gardens, 1879. 



e. Skin, skeleton $ Babu H. M.Roy, 1883. 



juv. 



/.Skeleton 9 Babu H. M. Roy, 1886. 



g-. Skeleton S Zoological Gardens, 1887, 



Genus MOSCHUS. 



Moschus, Linnaeus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. gi (1766). 



The genus Moschus is now generally allowed to consist of a 

 single species only, though others have been from time to time 

 described on mere colour variations and on other insufficient 

 grounds. 



