MARSH-BEER 



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Malforme'l Marsh-Deer Antlers 



MARSH -DEER (Mazama dichotoma). 



Antlers without a sub-basal snag, forking regularly, with both 

 prongs again dividing, and the upper one usually more complex than 

 the lower. Ears large, with white hair internally. Hair long and 

 coarse, reversed on the withers for a short distance. General colour of 

 upper parts bright rufous chestnut in summer, browner in winter ; legs 

 black from the knees and hocks downward. No tuft on cannon-bone. 

 Size, approximately that of a red deer. Although ten is the usual 

 number of points, sports are common. 

 Disiribiitiou. — From Brazil to the inner wooded districts of Argentina. 



I-cnglh ci Ti , lo Widest ,,■„, 



on out- r '!•;.. :...;. I., 1 oiiils. 



Locality. 



iS 5 -I- 5 Chtico of Paraguay . 



25 5 + 5 ? 



lOj- 5-f4 S. America 



19^ 12 Do. 



20! 5-f5 Brazil 



15J 6-1-6 ArgenLina 

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Owner. 



\'iee - Admiral Sir \Yilliairi 



Iveniieil)'. 

 Sir Edmuntl G. LoJer, Bart. 



British Rluseum. 



G. R. Smart. 



Sir \'ictor Brooke's Collection. 



Kenyon Slaney. 



