Material for the Study of Ruminants. 



» There is scarcely airy natural and 

 well-defined group in the whole clasf 

 which presents greater difficulties os 

 subdivision than this. » (Gavicornia). 

 Flower and Lydekker. 



The soft anatomy of the wild ruminants is still imperfectly known. 

 The occurrence of these animals in far off countries and their often 

 considerable size have caused this lack in our knowledge and make 

 it also difficult to obtain, at one time, a large and comprising material 

 without which the anatomy of the whole group and the mutual affini- 

 ties between the genera and species cannot be made out in a satis- 

 factory maimer. In such a case one must content oneself if now and 

 then some smaller contributions can be offered and this may serve as 

 an excuse for the following paper. In the same the soft anatomy of 

 some antelopes etc. will be described and compared with that of other 

 known species. In some instances an adaptation of the intestinal canal 

 to the diet is stated and certain features of the ontogenetic develop- 

 ment of the organs of some species is also brought to the light. 



JVova Acta Reg. Soc. Sc. Ups. Ser. III. Impr. 3 ",c 1903 



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