. An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct. Mammals. 328 UNGULATA tributed over Europe and Western Asia, being one of the species found in the British Isles. The male is somewhat over two feet in height at the withers, of a dark reddish-brown colour in summer, with a white patch on the rump. The small antlers are approxi- mated at their bases, and consist of a rugged beam rising vertically for some distance, then bifurcating, and the posterior branch again dividing. The Roe dates from the Pleistocene period. Extinct Deer from the Continental Pliocene have been provisionally r
. An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct. Mammals. 328 UNGULATA tributed over Europe and Western Asia, being one of the species found in the British Isles. The male is somewhat over two feet in height at the withers, of a dark reddish-brown colour in summer, with a white patch on the rump. The small antlers are approxi- mated at their bases, and consist of a rugged beam rising vertically for some distance, then bifurcating, and the posterior branch again dividing. The Roe dates from the Pleistocene period. Extinct Deer from the Continental Pliocene have been provisionally referred to Capredus. Hydropotes}—No antlers in either sex. Lachrymal fossa deep and short (Fig. 134); lachrymal vacuity of moderate size. Orbits. Fio. left lateral view of the skull of a male CMnese Water Deer (Evdrovotes tmrmls), with the wall of the maxilla cut away to show the root of the canine i natural size. (From Sir V. Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 524.) ' small and but slightly prominent. Auditory bulla much inflated Angle of mandible much produced backwardly (Fig. 134); alveolar margins of mandible in diastema sharp and everted. Canines of male very large, and slightly convergent. Vertebrae: C 7, D 12, L 6, S 4, C 10. No tufts on metatarsals. Foot glands small in fore feet, deep in hind ones. The Chinese Water Deer (ff. inermis) is the sole representative of this genus. In the absence of antlers and the large can- ines of the male it resem- bles MoscJms, although very diff'erent in other respects. Thus the brain (Fig. 135) convoluted, as in other Cervince, and approxlLltL toThat^of pX^- ^ Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Flower, William Henry, 1831-1899; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, A. and C. Black
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