250 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 
Wapiti. 
Wapiti are giants of the red deer group, carrying large antiers and often attaining 1,000 
Ibs. in weight. In America they are known as Elk. 
In recent years it has been discovered that wapiti are also denizens of certain parts of 
Asia. At least two sub-species — the ALTAI WaPITI and the MANCHURIAN WaPITI — have thus 
far been identified. The former, some- 
times known as the Thian-shan Stag, 
is found in the forests of the Altai and 
Thian-shan Mountains, west of the Mon- 
golian Desert. Compared with its Amer- 
ican congener, it is inferior in stature, 
has shorter legs, a longer body, and pro- 
portionately larger antlers, though none 
have yet approached those of the longest 
American specimens. These splendid 
stags, of which living specimenshave been 
maintained by the Duke of Bedford at 
Woburn, are captured alive by the Altai 
natives, and kept in domestication for 
the sake of their antlers, which are sold 
in China for purposes of medicine at as 
; eas much as the value of $50 apiece. 
iced Fe SR ag The MANCHURIAN WaApPITI, or LUEH- 
es sarah cp DORF'’S STAG, is a well-marked local race 
of the wapiti, which turns reddish in” 
iy pat mission of Brafesser Bumpas] ads summer. It has received several names, 
A SPOTTED ORIENTAL DEER and is well characterised by the form 
One of the numerous Philippine species of its antlers. It has been kept alive in 
the Duke of Bedford’s park at Woburn 
Abbey. It seems probable that the Siberian stags will eventually be referred to the wapiti 
group. 
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BOKHARA DEER 
A fine deer from Russian Turkestan is at present known as the BOKHARA DEER. It is 
said to resemble the shou of Northern Bhutan more than any other species, and, standing 
about 4 feet at the shoulder, is of an ashen-grey colour, tinged with yellow. A living specimen 
has been exhibited at Moscow, and it is believed that specimens in the collection of the 
Duke of Bedford belong to this form. 
SIKAS 
The SIKAS, as typified by the JAPANESE DEER, are a group of deer of moderate size, 
distinguished from the preceding assemblage by antlers of simpler type, each antler having 
usually four points, and lacking the second, or bez, tine. The coat is spotted with white, 
and white markings appear about the tail. The tail is much longer than in the red deer 
group. The Japanese deer, found in Japan and North China, is a beautiful creature, somewhat 
smaller than the fallow deer of Europe, having a coat of brilliant chestnut, thickly spotted with 
white in curious longitudinal markings. This is the summer pelage; in winter the colour 
changes to dark brown, and the spots mostly disappear. When in the velvet, the antlers are 
of a bright chestnut-red, with black tips, and at this season the bucks look their handsomest. 
A good head measures from 25 to 31 inches, and carries usually eight points. 
The MANCHURIAN SIKA may be looked upon as a larger variety of the Japanese deer, with 
a somewhat darker coat. 
