. An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct. Mammals. 314 UNGULATA Circle as far south as Chili, and in the Old World throughout the whole of Europe and Asia, though absent in the Ethiopian and Australian regions. It may be divided into two subfamilies. Subfamily Mosehinse.—This subfamily is represented solely by the Musk-Deer, which differs so remarkably from the true Deer that it is considered by several writers as the representative of a separate family. The late Professor Garrod even suggested that it should be regarded as an extremely aberrant member of the Bovidce. Mosch
. An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct. Mammals. 314 UNGULATA Circle as far south as Chili, and in the Old World throughout the whole of Europe and Asia, though absent in the Ethiopian and Australian regions. It may be divided into two subfamilies. Subfamily Mosehinse.—This subfamily is represented solely by the Musk-Deer, which differs so remarkably from the true Deer that it is considered by several writers as the representative of a separate family. The late Professor Garrod even suggested that it should be regarded as an extremely aberrant member of the Bovidce. Moschus}—The Musk-Deer (Fig. 125) in many respects stands by. Fig. 125.—Tlie Musk-Deer (Jdosoh-us moscTiiJerus). itself as an isolated zoological form, retaining characters belonging to the older and more generalised types of ruminants before they were distinctly separated into the horned and the antlered sections now dominant upon the earth. One of these characters is that both sexes are entirely devoid of any sort of frontal appendage. In this, however, it agrees with one existing genus of true Deer (Eydivpotes) • and, as in that animal, the upper canine teeth of the males are remarkably developed, long, slender, sharp pointed, and gently curved, projecting downwards out of the mouth with the ends turned somewhat backwards. Vertebrae: C7, Dl4 L5 S5 C6 Among the anatomical peculiarities in which it differs from all true Deer and agrees ivith the Bovidce is the presence of a gall- ^ Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. vol. i. p. 91 (1766).. 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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