236 
Linn.; Pallas, Zool. Ross. A. i. 219.— Capreolus Caprcea, Gray, Cat. 
Osteol. B. M. 64. — Capreolus Europceus, Suiidev. Pecora, 61.— Roe 
Buck , Penn.— Chevreuil and Chevrette, Buffon, H. N. vi. 198. 
Inhabits Europe. A larger variety is said to have formerly inha¬ 
bited the Tyrol. 
2. Capreolus pygargtjs. The Ahu. 
Interior of the ears fulvous ; fur pale yellowish ; horns elongate. 
Cervus pygargus, Pallas, Reise, i. 97, 198, 433. ii. 159 ; Spic. xii. 7 
(not Hardwicke); Schreb. Saugth. v. t. 253.— C. capreolus /3, Pallas, 
Zool. Ross. Asiat. i. 219.— Cervus Ahu , Gmelin, Reis. iii. 496. t. 56 ; 
Griffith, A. K. iv. 122. t. .— Capreoluspygargus, Sundev. Pecora, 
61.— Tailless Beer, Pennant, Quad. i. 121. —Tailless Roe, Shaw. 
Inhabits Central Asia. Collection of the British Museum. 
12. Furcifer, part.Wagner,Sundev.; Mazama, part.Gray,H.Smith; 
Hippocamelus, Leuckart, 1816; Cervequus, Lesson; Capreolus ? 
Gray. 
Horns erect, forked, without any basal snag; ears narrow, acute ; 
a short tail; covered with thick, brittle, waved hairs; there is a di¬ 
stinct pencil of hairs on the mside of the hock, but none on the outer 
sides of the metatarsus. Confined to South America. Differs from 
Capreolus in the want of the outer tuft on the leg. 
1. Furcifer Antisiensis. The Tarush or Taruga. 
Yellow grey ; hairs rigid, quilled, browm, with a yellow subterminal 
ring ; edge of muffle and throat white ; face with a brown longitudinal 
streak, and a lyrate band between the eyes ; the hoofs rather broad, 
worn in front. 
Cervus Antisiensis, D’Orbigny, Yoy. Amer. Merid. t. f. ; Diet. 
Univ. H. N. iii. 328 ; Tschudi, Faun. Peru, 1.18 ; Sundev. Pecora, 60. 
Inhabits East coast of S. America; Bolivian Alps. 
2. Furcifer Huamel. The Gemul. 
Fur dark, closely yellow punctated; inside of the ears white. 
Equus bisulcus, Molina, Chili, 520 ; Fischer, Syn. Marnm. 430.— 
Auchenia Huamel, H. Smith, G. A, K. v. 764. — Cervus Chilensis, 
Gay et Gervais, Ann. Sci. Nat. 1846, 91.— Cloven-footed Horse, Shaw, 
Zool. ii. 441.— Guemul, Chilians. — Gemuel seu Huemul, Yidaure, 
Chili, iv. 87.— Camelus equinus, Triverianus, Mus. Biol. ii. 179.— 
Hippocamelus dubius, Leuckart de Equo bisulco, 24. 1816.— Cerv¬ 
equus andicus, Lesson, Nov.Tab.R. A. 173.— Cervus ( Capreolus ) leu- 
cotis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1849, 64. t. 12.— Capreolus ? Huamel, Gray, 
Knows. Menag. 66. 
Inhabits mountains on East coast of South America. Patagonia. 
The female Gemul in the British Museum and in Lord Derby’s 
Museum at Knowsley is considerably larger, and has the legs thicker, 
than the Siberian Ahu, which is much larger than the European Roe 
Buck. 
MM. Gay and Gervais, wdio have compared the two species, con¬ 
sider them distinct. 
