. The deer of all lands; a history of the family Cervidæ living and extinct. Deer; Deer, Fossil; Cervidae; Cervidae, Fossil. Tufted Deer 2. Michie's Tufted Deer—Elaphodus michianus Lophotragus michianus, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 452; Garrod, ibid. 1876, p. 757, plate lxxvi. Elaphodus michianus, Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 900 ; Styan, ibid. 1886, p. 268. Plate XVII, Jig. 1 Characters—Very closely allied to the last, from which it is chiefly or entirely distinguished by small differences of coloration. General hue. Fig. 58.—Head of Immature Male of" Michie's Tufted Deer. Fr
. The deer of all lands; a history of the family Cervidæ living and extinct. Deer; Deer, Fossil; Cervidae; Cervidae, Fossil. Tufted Deer 2. Michie's Tufted Deer—Elaphodus michianus Lophotragus michianus, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 452; Garrod, ibid. 1876, p. 757, plate lxxvi. Elaphodus michianus, Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 900 ; Styan, ibid. 1886, p. 268. Plate XVII, Jig. 1 Characters—Very closely allied to the last, from which it is chiefly or entirely distinguished by small differences of coloration. General hue. Fig. 58.—Head of Immature Male of" Michie's Tufted Deer. From Garrod, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876. more decidedly iron-gray, or pepper-and-salt colour, the individual hairs being whitish with brown tips, and only a few of those occupying a very small area in front of the ear being ringed with white ; lips, eye-brows, and cheeks paler ; forehead and crest of male brown, of female lighter ; under-parts slightly lighter, and a little white showing on the front of the thigh. Young very similarly coloured, but no pale eyebrow, and a row of not very distinctly marked white spots on each side of the back, followed by very faint traces of a second outer row. The history of this species is somewhat remarkable. It was originally described under the name of Lophotragus by the late Mr. Swinhoe, who. 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 Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, R. Ward, limited
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