. The deer of all lands; a history of the family Cervidæ living and extinct. Deer; Deer, Fossil; Cervidae; Cervidae, Fossil. Siberian Roe 229 are the slightly larger size of the face-glands, the more distinct development of the tail, and the shorter and broader hoofs. In referring to this form, Sir Victor Brooke writes as follows :—" Most authors have considered C. pygargus to be a large variety of the common roe. There are, however, in the British Museum two specimens purchased from Brandt, and said to be from Siberia, which, in their very much larger size, larger anal disk, and much mor
. The deer of all lands; a history of the family Cervidæ living and extinct. Deer; Deer, Fossil; Cervidae; Cervidae, Fossil. Siberian Roe 229 are the slightly larger size of the face-glands, the more distinct development of the tail, and the shorter and broader hoofs. In referring to this form, Sir Victor Brooke writes as follows :—" Most authors have considered C. pygargus to be a large variety of the common roe. There are, however, in the British Museum two specimens purchased from Brandt, and said to be from Siberia, which, in their very much larger size, larger anal disk, and much more hairy ears, differ widely from all specimens of the common species. Specimens of roe from Mantchuria in. Fig. 62.—Abnormal Antlers of Siberian Roe. From a photograph lent by Mr. Carl Hagenbeck. the British and Paris Museums are very much smaller than the above- mentioned specimens ; they also differ from the larger specimens and the common roe in some details of coloration. It is not improbable that the Mantchurian roe may prove to be a third modification of the ; With regard to Brandt's specimens in the British Museum, one formerly exhibited in the mammal gallery is not, as mounted, so tall as a roe from Dorsetshire in the Museum, as it measures only 26 inches at the shoulder. This is, however, very probably due to faulty taxidermy, as the skin is evidently that of a much larger animal, and appears set up in too bulky a form. In all its characters it agrees with the descriptions given by. 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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