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lower prong is the longer, formed by the antlers of the bucks. [Case 58.] 

 There is a tuft of hair on the inner side of the tarsus, but none on 

 the outer surface of the metatarsus. The fawns are uniformly 

 coloured ; and the two species are chiefly distinguished by a slight 

 difference in the antlers, and by coloration. 



The Brockets ^ e brockets, °f wn i cn there are about half a [Case 58.] 

 n mm dozen species, are some of the smallest American 



Genus Mazama. T , *L ' * " j * r.' ± -i i * ,u 



Deer. They are confined to Central and south 

 America. The antlers of the bucks are in the form of simple 

 spikes ; and in both sexes the hair on the middle line of the face 

 radiates in all directions from two points, one situated on the crown 

 of the head, and the other below the line of the eyes. The fawns 

 are spotted; and upper canine teeth are present in some of the 

 species. Brockets associate in pairs ; the does producing a single 

 fawn in December or January. The adults run with considerable 

 speed for a short distance, but can be easily ridden down. The 

 group is represented in the gallery by a mounted specimen of the 

 Central American M. sartorii (1312) and by a skeleton of the 

 South American M. rufa (1313). 



Pigmy Deer s P ec * es °f ^his genus^ Pudua pudu (1314), of the [Case 58.] 



GenilS Pudua Chilian Andes, is the smallest of the American Deer, 

 and is nearly allied to the Brockets, from which it 

 differs by a peculiarity in the structure of the ankle-joint. The 

 antlers of the bucks are very small, and the tail is short. The 

 specimen exhibited was presented by the Duke of Bedford. 



The Musk-Deer ^ e Musk-Deer or Kustura, Moschus moschiferus [Case 58.] 

 Genus Moschus, ^ 1316 ^ ° f Central Asia > re P^sents by itself a 

 subfamily of Deer (Moschince), distinguished by 

 several marked anatomical characters from the Cervince, which 

 includes all the other Deer. Both males and females are without 

 antlers ; but the former have long scimitar-like tusks, projecting 

 some distance below the lips (fig. 47). The hair is very coarse and 

 brittle. The musk, from which the animal takes its name, is secreted 

 in a sac-like gland on the under surface of the body of the male. 

 It has a peculiar and very powerful odour, and is largely used in the 

 manufacture of perfumes. In the Himalaya Musk-Deer are found 

 at elevations of from 8,000 to 12,000 feet, in forest or brush-wood. 



