MULE-jmER 



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Head of Mule-Deer. From a specimen in the possession of E. y. Cameron. 



MULE-DEER (Mazama hemionus). 



Antlers with a much shorter sub-basal snag than in the Virginian 

 deer, beyond which the beam is directed outwards for a short distance^ 

 and then curves upwards to form a regular fork, both prongs of which 

 are usually equal, and generally subdivide so as to form five points on 

 each side. Ears very large and heavy ; tail moderate, terminating in 

 a bush-like tuft. Gland-tufts on hock and cannon-bone coloured like 

 the leg ; the latter of these elongated and situated in the upper half of 

 the cannon-bone. General colour of upper parts reddish tawny in 

 summer, brownish or rufous speckled gray in winter, with a brown 



