. Text-book of zoology for junior students. Zoology. 3:'.s VEIiTEBUATE ANIMALS. no horns, while the canine teeth are developed in both jaws, and the upper canines of the males are The Tnicjulidii' are found in India, the Indian Archipelago, and Africa. The family Cenndce includes the true Deer and the Musk-deer, and is characterised by the fact that the f(jreheail carries two solid bony antlers, which are not hollow, and are usually much branched (fig. 244). With the single exception of the Beindeer, these ajjpen- dages are confined to the males, and are deciduous; tha
. Text-book of zoology for junior students. Zoology. 3:'.s VEIiTEBUATE ANIMALS. no horns, while the canine teeth are developed in both jaws, and the upper canines of the males are The Tnicjulidii' are found in India, the Indian Archipelago, and Africa. The family Cenndce includes the true Deer and the Musk-deer, and is characterised by the fact that the f(jreheail carries two solid bony antlers, which are not hollow, and are usually much branched (fig. 244). With the single exception of the Beindeer, these ajjpen- dages are confined to the males, and are deciduous; that is to say, they are only ]]roduced at certain seasons (annually, at the breeding season), and they are shed and re]jroduced before the commencement of the next breeding season. They increase in size and in the number of branches every time they are reproduced till in the old males they may attain an enormous Fi'.,'. i44.—Siili Mcw (if tlie skill] it till Rni Imck (OijircoZns c^'?))'(''a). ( Vltd (,i,l,il ) Among the moie familiar of the I)eei' be mentioned the Elk, or (J?c(S Aineriniivit;) of Scandinavia anil North America ; the Reindeer and C'ariliou {('i' taraiidHs) of Northern Europe, Asia, and North America ; the Red Deer {Cerms ehip/iii.^) of Europe ; the Wapiti (f. Caiiadamis) of Canada ; and the Roebuck {Capreohts caprcm) of Northern Europe. Of the Girartes or Ciiiiicloprirddlidii' there only a .single living form, exclusively confined to the African continent. Both sexes have two ]iairs <jf .shorthorns, carried on the forehead; but these are ]iersistcnt, and are covered with .a hairy skin. The neck is extremely long, and the fore-legs much longer than the hind-legs. It is the largest of living Ruminants, and measures as much as from fifteen to eighteen feet in height. The Cavkoniia or HuUowlwnied Ruminants comprise the Oxen,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for
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