. The antelope and deer of America : a comprehensive treatise upon the natural history, including the characteristics, habits, affinities, and capacity for domestication of the Antilocapra and Cervidae of North America . Pronghorn; Deer; Mammals. COMMON DEER. 101 trous ; ear small and trim ; antlers have a spreading posterior projection, and then curve anteriorly with posterior tines ; neck long and slender; body long for its size; tail long and lanceolate in form; legs straight and long. Lachrymal sinus covered with a fold of skin ; tarsal gland present; metatarsal gland small, and below the
. The antelope and deer of America : a comprehensive treatise upon the natural history, including the characteristics, habits, affinities, and capacity for domestication of the Antilocapra and Cervidae of North America . Pronghorn; Deer; Mammals. COMMON DEER. 101 trous ; ear small and trim ; antlers have a spreading posterior projection, and then curve anteriorly with posterior tines ; neck long and slender; body long for its size; tail long and lanceolate in form; legs straight and long. Lachrymal sinus covered with a fold of skin ; tarsal gland present; metatarsal gland small, and below the middle of the leg, naked, and sur- rounded by white hairs ; outside of these there is usually a band of dark brown hairs, which are surrounded by long reversed hairs of the color of the leg. Two annual pelages. Summer coat, from bay red to buff yellow; winter coat, a leaden gray, greatly variant. Deciduous antlers, and con- fined to the Con GENERAL EEMAKKS. This deer has the widest of any member of the family in any part of the world. Its range is from the Atlantic to the Pacific, extending into Canada and British Columbia on the north, and penetrating far into Mexico on the south. It may be found to-day, in every State and Territory of the United States. It inhabits alike the dense woodlands and the open prairies, the high mountains and the lowest valleys, the arid plains and the marshy swamps. As we might well expect from its wide distribution and varied. 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 Caton, John Dean, 1812-1895. Boston : Houghton Mifflin
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