2l8 



Extinct Muntjacs 



the hist, but the beam of the antler does not divide till after a considerable 

 distance from the incipient burr, and the fork is short. The limbs are 

 unknown. 



Fig. 59. — Frontlet and Antlers of Hcnscl's Muntjac. After Riitimcycr. 



VII. The Tuskless Muntjacs — Genus Dicroceros (Extinct) 



Dicrocen/s, Lartet, Notice sur la Colline de Sansan, p. 34 (1851) ; 

 Schlosser, Morphol. Ja/irb. vol. xii. p. 68 (1886). 



Characters. — According to Dr. Schlosser, the one known species of this 

 genus differs from Dremotherium by the slight development of the fold in 

 the enamel of the lower molars, and by the antlers exhibiting a stronger 

 development, with the commencement of a distinct burr ; thus, at any rate, 



