. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 300 ANATOMY OF MOSCHUS metacarpals, are of the more ancient type represented in Alecs, Hyflropotes, etc. A. gall-bladder is present. The young, as in so many Cervidae are spotted; but the adult is of a greyish- brown Fig. 158.—Musk Deer. Moselius moschiferus. x J. {Yxom Nature.) There is no doubt that Moselius is more nearly related to the Cervidae than to any other Euminants. It is regarded by Sir W. Flower as " an undeveloped deer—an animal which in most points (absence of horns, smooth brain, retention of gall-bladder, etc.) has ceased
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 300 ANATOMY OF MOSCHUS metacarpals, are of the more ancient type represented in Alecs, Hyflropotes, etc. A. gall-bladder is present. The young, as in so many Cervidae are spotted; but the adult is of a greyish- brown Fig. 158.—Musk Deer. Moselius moschiferus. x J. {Yxom Nature.) There is no doubt that Moselius is more nearly related to the Cervidae than to any other Euminants. It is regarded by Sir W. Flower as " an undeveloped deer—an animal which in most points (absence of horns, smooth brain, retention of gall-bladder, etc.) has ceased to progress with the rest of the group, while in some few (musk gland, mobile feet) it has taken a special line of advance of its ; The musk itself, which gives its name to the creature, is found in a gland on the belly, about the size of a hen's egg. The whole gland is cut out and sold in this condition. Such quantities of musk deer have been and are killed for this purpose that the rarity of the animal is increasing. In the seventeenth. 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 Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862- ed; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. ed. [London, Macmillan and Co. , Limited; New York, The Macmillan Company
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