DEER. 
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The following Deer may be specially mentioned : — 
The Reindeer, Rangifer tarandus (1262), now found only in 
the northern regions of both the Old and New Worlds, is the 
only member of the family in which both males and females have 
antlers ; and these are peculiar in not being alike on the two 
sides, the great palmated brow-antler l)eing, as a rule, fully 
developed on one side only. 
The Elk, Alces macJdis (1259, 1260), the largest member of 
the family, is also circumpolar in its distribution. A male and 
female are exhibited near the entrance of the Gallery (case A). 
The AVapiti, Cervus canadensis (1269), which is typically a 
North American species, is represented by a male in the 
middle line of the Gallery (case D) ; the Tien Shan AAbapiti, 
C. c. sonr/aricus (1271), is also shown, as is the Manchurian 
Wapiti, C. c. xantliopygns (1275). 
Thorold^s Deer, Cervus alhirostris (1265), is a distinct species 
from Central Tibet, while the Hangul or Kashmir Stag, 
C. casJimirianus (1266), represents another type. 
The Japanese Deer, C. sika, audits all}^ C Jiortulorwn (127S), 
of China are smaller species. 
The Fallow Deer, Cervus, or Dama, dama (1280), is a native 
of Southern Europe and Asia Minor. The typical member of 
the whole group is the European Red Deer, C. elaplms (1263), 
of which the Maral, C . e. maral (1264), is an eastern race. 
The various members of the Rusiiie and Rucervine groups 
are natives of the Oriental countries, such as the Sambar, 
C. [i?u5a] unicolor (1282), the Moluccan Deer, C. [i^.] moluc- 
and the Hog-deer, C. \_Hyelaijhus'] porcinus . Of 
the last, a set of seven pairs of antlers, developed in as many 
successive years by the same individual, is exhibited. 
The Muntjacs, Cervidus (1295 to 1297), form a small Asiatic 
group, in which the antlers are supported on hair-covered 
pedicles, longer than the portion annually shed and renewed. 
Nearly related to these are the Tufted Deer, Elaphodus (1298 
to 1299), exhibited in the same case. On the west side of 
case 58 are specimens of the Chinese AVater-Deer, Hydropotes 
inermis (1300). 
The Roebuck, Capreoliis caprea (1302), formerly found in all 
forests of Great Britain, but gradually driven to the north, has 
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