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called the Barking Deer. It breeds readily in captivity, and 

 its bright fawn color attracts to it much attention. 



The Musk Deer, (Moschus nioschifenis). of northern In- 

 dia. Tibet and Southern China is the creature which pro- 

 duces the well-known musk perfume of commerce. The 

 product is secreted by the jnale in the "rutting" season. 

 This species is one of the smallest of the true deer. Its 

 most remarkable anatomical feature is a pair of very loue 

 and sharp canine teeth in the upper .jaw, the points of which 

 project far below the lower jaw. No horns are present in 

 this animal. Being short-lived in captivity, and also diffi- 

 cult to obtain, it must be classed as an intermittent exhibit. 



The Mouse Deer, or Malay Chevrotain. (Tragulits jaz-a- 

 iiiciis). the smallest of all deer-like animals, a tiny creature 

 no heavier than a rabbit, will be exhibited in the Small- 

 Deer House as often and as long as circumstances will p- r- 

 mit. It is so delicate and so short-lived in captivity that 

 comparatively few specimens have lived to reach America. 

 Its home is the hot. moist and densely-tangled jungles of 

 the equatorial regions of the Far East, particularly Borneo. 

 Sumatra and the ^lalay Peninsula, where it is fairly abun- 

 dant. ]\Iany are snared by the natives, for food. 



The ilouse Deer is only 10 inches in heicht at the should- 

 ers, and has no horns — which is a great pity. But it has a 

 pair of Ions;- canine teeth in its upper jaw, the same as thi> 

 musk deer. The blouse Deer does not belone to the family 

 of true deer (Ccrridac). and the various species constitute an 

 independent family called Tragulidae. 



THE SMALL AFRICAN ANTELOPES. 



In addition to the grand array of large antelopes inhabit- 

 ing Africa, of which many fine examples will be found in 

 the Antelope House, there is an extensive series of small 

 species. Indeed, the richness of Africa in antelopes, great 

 and small, is almost beyond belief. The species of Asia and 

 Europe are so few, and so inconspicuous, that they seem like 

 so many estray wanderers from the Dark Continent. The 

 fertile, grassy plains of the great Central African plateau 

 have cradled scores of species, some of which have wandered 

 into the deserts, the forests and the fluviatile swamps, and 

 there made their permanent homes. 



The Black-Buck, or Sasin Antelope, {Antilope cervicapra). 

 of the central plains of Hindustan, is one of the handsomest 



