. Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British museum. Mammals. OBRVUS 065 and the MediteiraucMU coast to northern Scotland and central Sweden ; an isolated i*ace on the coast of central Norway ; absent from the peninsula of Italy; eastern limit of range not known. Diwpums.—Height at shoulder about 1370 mm. or less; upper length of skull in adult male usually about 330 to 370 mm. ; tail rather long, pointed ; ear more than half as long as head ; general colour reddish brown in summer, greyish brown in winter,. KlG. -J 13. Cervus claph
. Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British museum. Mammals. OBRVUS 065 and the MediteiraucMU coast to northern Scotland and central Sweden ; an isolated i*ace on the coast of central Norway ; absent from the peninsula of Italy; eastern limit of range not known. Diwpums.—Height at shoulder about 1370 mm. or less; upper length of skull in adult male usually about 330 to 370 mm. ; tail rather long, pointed ; ear more than half as long as head ; general colour reddish brown in summer, greyish brown in winter,. KlG. -J 13. Cervus claphus. Incisiform teeth. Nat. .si/e. the miderparts always somewhat paler (drab), but never strongly contrasted ; a dark dorsal line sometimes present ; no conspicuous whitish markings except occasionally the speculum, which may however be indistinct ; antlers terete throughout except for the flattening which often occurs in region of " cup " in old individuals ; in fidly developed antlers there are normally present a brow tine, bez tine and more than 5 points. CERVUS ELAPHUS OERMANicus Desmarest. 1822. Cervus elaphiis gcrmanicus Desmarest, Mammalogie, ii, p. i'6i (Germany). 1822. ? Cervus elaphus albus Desmarest, IMammalogie, ii, p. 435 {nomcn nudum). 1845. Cervus elaphus albifrons Reichcnbach, VoUstiindigste Naturgesch. des In- und Auslauds, Siiugeth., iii, pi. iii bis, fig. 26 (no exact locality; see p. 18). 1857. Cervus elaphus Blasius, Siiugethiere Deutschlands, p. 439. 1874. Cervus elaphus, varius Fitzinger, Sitzungsber. kais. Akad. Wissensch. Wien, Classe, lxix, pt. i, p. 574 (Germany). 1874. Cervus elaphus, albus Fitzinger, Sitzungsber. kais. Akad. Wissenscb. Wien, Classe, lxix, pt. i, p. 575 (Germany). 1898. ? Cervus elaphus maral Lydekker, Deer of All Lands, p. 79 (part; specimens from the Galician Carpathians, Hungary). 1903. Cervus vulgaris Botezat, Morphol. Jahrb., xxxii, p. 115, November 17, 1903 (Renaming of elaphus).. P
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