CHAPTER XXIII. 
Ungulates,— continued. 
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The Deer-Tribe. 
Family Ger VIDEE. 
The last representatives of the true Ruminants, or, as they are technically called, 
Pecora, include the typical deer, the elk, the reindeer, the musk-deer, etc. The 
SKELETON OF MALE RED DEER. 
great and distinctive feature of this group is the general presence in the male sex 
of the peculiar branched appendages on the skull, which are now generally known 
