. The deer of all lands; a history of the family Cervidæ living and extinct. Deer; Deer, Fossil; Cervidae; Cervidae, Fossil. Typical Deer 61 III. The Typical Deer—Genus Cervus Cervus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 92 (1766). Lateral metacarpals represented only by their upper (proximal) ends. Antlers arising at acute angles to the median line of the skull (as in the following genera), at first projecting from the plane of the forehead, and then continued upwards nearly in that plane, supported on short pedicles, and furnished with a brow-tine arising close to or a short distance above. F
. The deer of all lands; a history of the family Cervidæ living and extinct. Deer; Deer, Fossil; Cervidae; Cervidae, Fossil. Typical Deer 61 III. The Typical Deer—Genus Cervus Cervus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 92 (1766). Lateral metacarpals represented only by their upper (proximal) ends. Antlers arising at acute angles to the median line of the skull (as in the following genera), at first projecting from the plane of the forehead, and then continued upwards nearly in that plane, supported on short pedicles, and furnished with a brow-tine arising close to or a short distance above. Fig. 15.—Antlers of Red Deer. From a German specimen in the collection of Viscount Powerscourt. the burr, never regularly forked at first division, but generally of large size and more or less complex structure ; skull without frontal ridges forming the bases of the pedicles of the antlers. Muzzle with a considerable naked area surrounding the nostrils ; ears generally large ; tail moderately or very short ; face long. Pelage variable ; main hoofs long and pointed ; lateral hoofs moderate. A metatarsal gland and tuft,1 situated (except in C. albirostris) high up on the cannon-bone, present, but no tarsal gland or tuft. In the skull the nasal bones (as in the following genera) well 1 Absent in C 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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