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Elaphine Group 



opposite antlers are more or less elosely approximated. Tail short, and the 

 light caudal disk, at least frequently, very small, and not extending on to the 

 upper surface of the huttocks, thus excluding the tail. Ear equal to half 

 the head in length. Hair on hack not reversed, and no white on the 

 muzzle above the lips. Metatarsal tuft lower down than in the red deer. 

 General colour of pelage in winter brown, brownish ash, or liver-colour, 



Fig. 22. — Head of Hangul, from a Kashmir specimen. (Rowland Ward, Records of Big Game.') 



with the individual hairs speckled ; the light area on the inner sides of the 

 buttocks dirty white, with a dark line on its outer border running down 

 the inner side of the thigh ; upper surface of tail black ; flanks and limbs 

 paler than the back ; lips and chin white, and ears whitish internally. In 

 summer, the general colour lighter and more rufous, with most of the under- 

 parts whitish, although brown posteriorly in the male. Throat-fringe small 

 and not markedly darker than the rest of the pelage. Spotting of fawn 



