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State (panther, wolf and bear) to disappear before the settling 

 and clearing off of the land. Of these three the bear is the least 

 carnivorous and less roaming, thus giving it more of a chance 

 while any thick swamps remained" (1868). 



Order UNGULATA. 



(HERBIVORA.) 

 Hoofed Mammals. 



Sub-Order RUMINANTIA. 

 Family CERVID^ffi. 



Deer. 



OARIAOUS, Gray. 



(Cervus, E.) 



O. virginianus, Bod. Red Deer. Virginia Deer. 



Color chestnut red, grayish in winter. 



" Found now only in a circumscribed locality in the southern 

 portion of the State. Although frequently protected by law, 

 they have never become very numerous, and the encroachments 

 of agricultural interests upon the now wild lands will soon cause 

 the deer entirely to pass away. Formerly they were very abund- 

 ant throughout the whole State, and a century ago the central 

 counties were, no doubt, the favorite haunts of this animal." 



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