. Records of big game : with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . hinese. KasUira, Kashmiri. From all living deer except the Chinese water-deer this species isdistinguished by the absence of antlers, whose function as weapons is dis-charged in the male by long upper tusks. The tail is rudimentary and thefur coarse and brittle, while the lateral hoofs are very large. The maleshave a glandular pouch which secretes the musk from which the speciestakes its name. Height at shoulder about 20 inches, at rump 22 —The forest-distri
. Records of big game : with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . hinese. KasUira, Kashmiri. From all living deer except the Chinese water-deer this species isdistinguished by the absence of antlers, whose function as weapons is dis-charged in the male by long upper tusks. The tail is rudimentary and thefur coarse and brittle, while the lateral hoofs are very large. The maleshave a glandular pouch which secretes the musk from which the speciestakes its name. Height at shoulder about 20 inches, at rump 22 —The forest-districts of the Himalaya as far west as Gilgit, at elevations of 8000 feet or more in summer, to Tibet, Siberia, Western China, and Amurland. Length of Tuskon outside curve. Localit> Owner. 4 exposed from gum -4 Kashmir Ta Chin lu . Major H. C. M. Mitchell. 3i Gurhwal . Capt. G. W. Burton. -3i Do. Dr. Albert von Stephani. -3i Chitral . J. T. H. Lane. 3 Upper Kumaon Capt. K. Channer. 3 Gurhwal . A. 0. Hume. 3 Amurland British Museum. 2i Kashmir Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart Owners measurements. GIRAFFE. Skull of Transvaal Girafte. Presented to the British Museum by Mr. Rowland Ward. The GIRAFFE (Giraffa camelopardalis). Ihu/ila, , , niugo, , Chila. Ngabi, Masawara. Giri, or Halgiri, Somali. Kaineel, Boer. Nyavia marakiti, Asenga. Zaraff, Sudani. The long limbs and neck, the peculiarly formed head, and thedappled or netted hide, render giraffes distinguishable at a glance fromall other living ruminants ; with none of which, except the okapi,they have any very close affinity, although their nearest relatives arethe deer. So great is their distinctness that, with the okapi, theyconstitute a family by themselves—the Giraffidce. One of the mostmarked peculiarities of the giraffes is to be found in the horns, of whichthe largest pair rise from the head between the ears, and are coveredduring life with skin. They are
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