. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Ungulates. 47 Large or medium-sized, or small deer, with subcylindrical or somewhat flattened antlers, furnished with a. true brow- tine above the burr, and at least two other tines; muzzle with a large bare muffle; tail medium or short; coat more or less uniformly coloured or spotted; main hoofs long and pointed, the hind pair united almost throughout their basal length by a deep interungual membrane; no specialised gland or deep interdigital cleft on front of fore-pasterns nor on hind-pasterns except in the
. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Ungulates. 47 Large or medium-sized, or small deer, with subcylindrical or somewhat flattened antlers, furnished with a. true brow- tine above the burr, and at least two other tines; muzzle with a large bare muffle; tail medium or short; coat more or less uniformly coloured or spotted; main hoofs long and pointed, the hind pair united almost throughout their basal length by a deep interungual membrane; no specialised gland or deep interdigital cleft on front of fore-pasterns nor on hind-pasterns except in the subgenera Hyelaphus and Axis; skull, at least typically, longer and narrower than in Datna, with smaller orbits; cheek-teeth moderately short- crowned and wide; crowns of lower incisors vai'ying some-. PiG. 13.—LowKB Pbout Teeth op Red Deee (Gervus elaphus). From Miller, Cat Mamm. Western Eanrpe. what in size, at least in typical groups (fig. 13); upper canines usually present, young generally spotted. For other characters, common to the allied genera, see Dama (p. 40). Considerable diversity of view obtains with regard to the limits of the genus; Brooke and Blanford included in it the sikine, rucervine, rusine, and axine groups, together with Dama, while Miller restricts it to the typical elaphine group. Pocock, on the other hand, includes the sikine and rucervine, but excludes the rusine and axine groups, as well as Dama. In the present volume all these groups, except Dama, are included. The genus, in this sense, has a range in the Old World nearly co-extensive with that of the famil}'; but in the New World does not descend south of 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, Printed by order of the Tr
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