Rusine Group 141 



Such is the typical C. verticornis of the Norfolk forest-bed, which I 

 agree with Dr. Pohlig in regarding as inseparable from the earlier-named 

 C. carnutorum from equivalent beds in France. The single antler from the 

 forest-bed described as C. dawkinsi differs by the rudimentary condition of 

 the brow-tine, and the greater palmation of the crown, which terminates 

 in more points. As already mentioned, this type approximates in some 

 respects to the French race, while in its greater expansion it indicates a 

 transition towards the Irish race. As both types occur in the same 

 geological horizon, Dr. Pohlig appears undoubtedly right in regarding 

 them as mere individual variations of one and the same form. There 

 can likewise be no question as to their near relationship with the more 

 typical forms of C. giganteus, of which they indicate the ancestral stock. 

 Whether they should be regarded merely as a race of that species, or as 

 a separate species, may be a doubtful point, although I have provisionally 

 adopted the view of Dr. Pohlig. In the case of extinct forms constituting 

 a completely connected series, it seems advisable to regard sub-species in a 

 somewhat wider sense than when dealing with recent animals. 



Distribution. — England and France during the early portion of the 

 Plistocene period. 



iv. The Rusine or Sambar Group — Sub-Genus Rusa 



Rasa, H. Smith, in Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. v. p. 309 (1827), as 

 a sub-genus; Gray, hist Ma mm. Brit. Mas. p. 179 (1843), ^ at - Ungulata 

 Brit. Mas. p. 205 (1852), Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mas. p. 76 (1872) ; 

 Fitzinger, SB. Ak. IVien, vol. lxviii. part i. p. 354 (1873), lxx. part i. 

 p. 279 (1874) ; Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 900; Riitimeyer, Abh. 

 scliweiz. pal. Ges. vol. viii. p. 45 (1881). 



Axis, H. Smith, in Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. v. p. 312 (1827), as 

 a sub-genus ; Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mas. p. 178 (1843), ^ at - Ungulata 

 Brit. Mas. p. 212 (1852), Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mas. p. 79 (1872) ; 

 Fitzinger, SB. Ak. Wien, vol. lxviii. part i. p. 354 (1873), lxx. part i. 

 p. 264 (1874) ; Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 907; Riitimeyer, Abh. 

 schiveiz. pal. Ges. vol. viii. p. 44 (1881). 



Hippe/apbus, Sundevall, K. Svenska Vet. Ak. Hand/, for 1844, p. 178 

 (1846), as a sub-genus. 



