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seen, and a very fine specimen of the so-called Tas- 
manian Wolf {Thylacinus cynocephalus), a large 
predaceous Marsupial or pouch-bearing animal, in 
outward appearance like a dog or wolf. The “Tas- 
manian Devil” (Sarcophilus ur sinus), an animal of 
rather ferocious and destructive habits, is a close ally 
of the Thylacinus. Turning round to the narrow side 
of the case we see in the centre the interesting 
Chinese Water-Deer (Hydropotes inermis), which, 
although a true Deer, resembles the rather aberrant 
Musk-Deer (Moschus moschiferus) in the absence of 
horns or antlers in either sex, and the elongated 
canine teeth. It is also remarkable for its great 
fertility, a character not otherwise observed among 
the Cervidae. Its home is China, and it is of the 
size of the Muntjac (Cervulus muntjac), which has, 
however, little antlers placed on the top of a pair of 
exceptionally long pedicles. This Muntjac, together 
with the head of a Musk-Deer and the small Chev- 
rotains or Pigmy Deer, we have already passed on 
the long side of this case. The latter are by no means 
true Deer, but stand rather by themselves, forming 
the family Tragulidae, with one genus Tragulus (best 
known species : memmina, javanicus, napu, and stan- 
leyanus) in the Indo-Malayan countries and India, 
and another (Dorcatherium) in West Africa. 
Above the Water-Deer we see, among others, an 
enormous Wapiti head, and below it a number of 
small 
