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RUMINANTIA. 



CERVID^. 



CERVID^. 



Genus Capreolus (H. Smith). 



Generic CJiaracter. — Antlers small, upright, rounded, with no basal tiue. 

 Tear-pits only slightly developed. No canines.* No external tail. 



ROE DEER. 



Capreolus caprea (Gray). 



Specifie Character. — Antlers with two tines, one directed forwards, the 

 nther backwards. Colour reddish-brown in summer, yellowish-grey in mnter ; 

 -A large white jiatch on the rump. 



C'ervus capreolus, Linh^eus, Syst. Nat. I. 94. 



,, pygargus, Pallas, It. I. 97. 

 Capreolus caprea, J. E. Gray, Mamm. Brit. Mas. 176. 



This Deer differs from the species already' described 

 in several important particulars, which, coupled with the 



Abnormal skulls with canine teeth have, however, been described by Prof. 

 KOllikci- {Wi'.rzb. nal. ZciLschrlft, vol. vi. p. 82). 



