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to preclude its being an inhabitant of forests, and that it must apparently 

 have dwelt in more or less open country, although the other races of the 

 species may well have been woodland animals. The cause of its extinction 

 presents a difficult problem. 



It may be mentioned that as the name C. hibernicus is a synonym of 

 giganteus, it cannot be employed in the sense proposed by Dr. Pohlig as the 

 title of the typical race. 



Fig. 37. — Antlers of Irish Race of Giant Fallow Deer at different ages, a, burr ; b, brow-tine ; r, trez- 



tine ; k, back-tine. After Owen. 



c. Italian Race — Cervus giganteus italic 



Cervus euryceros italics, Pohlig, Palceontographica, vol. xxxix. p. 228 

 (1892). 



Characters. — Size relatively small ; the antlers comparatively simple, 

 with the palmation narrow, much inclined upwards, and the front border 

 curved inwardly so that much of the outer surface is seen in a front view ; 

 all the tines being small, and those above the trez few in number and 

 placed near the summit of the palmation. 



Distribution. — Italy, Hungary, and probably other Mediterranean 

 countries, in deposits of approximately equivalent age to those yielding 

 remains of the German or northern race. 



d. French Race — Cervus giganteus belgrandi 



Cervus belgrandi, Lartet, in Belgrand's La Seine, vol. i. Pal. p. 1 3, plate 

 xviii (1869). 



Cervus euryceros belgrandi, Pohlig, Palceontographica, vol. xxxix. p. 232 

 (1892). 



