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Show 190 MAMMALIA. . . b' . the north of India, must corres- . r' throat, and which, mba Itmg . 1 ( 1) . h H' elaphus of Aristot e. pond with t e Ipp . . xxiii (The Roebuck of z L . Buff VI, xxxn, x · C. capreo us, ·' · . t . ts antlers; of a fawn coloured ) With but two tmes 0 I Europe. k h'te · W.i t h ou t 1a chrymal sinuses, and scarcely grey; buttoc s ~ 1 . : als are of a very vivid red, and others any tail. Some mdi~Idu 1 . . couples . inhabits the high k. h This species 1 ves m ' blac IS · ·t of Europe ; sheds its antlers mountains of the temperate pat s oduces them during the win-towards the close of autumbn, reprdi's gravid five months and 1 t in Novem er, an tae rh;a lfc.o puT ha ee sf lesh 1. s h e ld . uch more esteem than that of m m . D There are none in Russia. thee e1etrg. argus Pall., Schreb · CCLIII ' (The Roebuck of Tar·- . P:~ . . ' that of Europe, but the horns are more spt· tary.) Similar to 1 . . 1 nger • and it is almost as large nous at the base; the lair lS o ' l h V 1 I . h bits the high grounds beyonc t e o ga. as the Deer. t m a k · A erica whose I t appears th at there are some R. oebuc . s m m ' antlers always remain simple .or WAithout~~~~e~.lips hinder part C ru~'us, F. C.; Gouazoupzta, zz. ' c' . . . both of th• e b':!e' lly, and under part of the ta'lI ' w h1't e. amm 1n ·aws Inhabits the forest .(2) . ,Je mi.ght separate from the other Roebucks certain small ·~~c;es of India, which have sharp canini and antlers suppo:ted by pe lC es which are covered by hairs on the forehead. Sue~ IS (The Kijang.) C muntjac, Gm.; Buff. Supp. VII, XXVI. C Ion Sm~ller than that of Europe. Found in small herds at ey and Java(3) CAMELOPARDALis, Lin.; Buff. Supp. VII, lxxxi. The Giraffe is characten.z ed m· both sexes b Y com·c al horns' . alwba ysy covered with a hairy skin, and which are never shed: bThelr t:;e. nucleus, when young, is articulated with the os fr?ntls y a ::oader On the middle of the chanfrin is a tubercle or thu·d horn,. and much shorter, but likewise artl. cu1 a te d b y a su ture . It fl S motrhee• over one of the most remarkable animals in existence, roml length of its neck and the disproport1· 0ne d h e·i g ht o f its fore egs. Only one species is known, (1) Add the C. M:pme[a'llltus; C. Wallt.c lm.. ; C. J1.1r-r.. La•r tannus'• c. Lec!tenatu lmti; IV0. Peronii; C. cquinus; ra nd r with respect to these spe~t.e s, see my Oss · Foss · o . ' and the figure of Hamilton Smith in the work of Grtffi.th. ..Bpara (C. (2) Add the Gouazou-Bira (C. nemorivagus, F. Cuv.); the Nouazou simplicicornis, Ham. Smith). (3) Add C. pltilippinua, Ham. Sm.-C. moscltatus, Id. &c. RUMIN AN1'IA. 191 G. girafa, F. Cuv. Mammif. (The Giraffe.) Which is confined to the deserts of Africa, and has short grey hair sprinkled : 1 with fawn coloured angular spots, and a small fawn coloured and grey mane. It is the tallest of all animals, for its head is frequently elevated eighteen feet from the ground. Its disposition is gentle, and it feeds on leaves. Heliodorus gives a good description of it, and one or two were brought into Italy in the middle century. Several have lately been sent to Europe from Egypt.(l) The RUMINANTJA WITH HOLLOW HORNS Are more numerous than the others, and we have been compelled to divide them into genera from characters of but little importance, drawn from the form of their horns and the proportions of their different parts. To these M. Geoffroy has advantageously added those afforded by the substance of the frontal prominence or the bony nucleus of the horn. ANTILOPE.(2) The substance of the bony nucleus of the horns of the Antilopes is solid, and without pores or sinus, like the antlers of the Stag. They resemble the Stags moreover in the lightness of their figure and their swiftness. It is a very numerous genus, which it has been found necessary to divide, and principally according to the form of the horns. a. Horm annulated, with a double curvature directed forwards, inwards or upwards. .1:1. dorcas, L.; Buff. XII, xxiii. (The Gazelle.) Round, large and black horns, and the size and graceful shape of the Roebuck; light fawn colour above; white beneath; a brown band along each flank; a tuft of hair on each knee, and a deep pouch in each groin. It inhabits the north of Africa, and Jives in large herds, which form a circle when they are attacked, presenting their horns at all points. It is the usual prey of the (l} M. Geoffi·oy Saint Hilaire, from some differences in the spots, and in the curvature of the cranium of the few individuals in Europe, thinks that the Giraffe of Nubia and Abyssinia is not of the same species as that from the Cape. E ( 2 ) T~s name is not aocient ; it is a corruption of .ll.ntholops, a word found in b UStathius, who wrote in the time of Constantine, and which seems to refer to the eautifu} eyes of the animal. The common Gazelle was well described by JE1ian ~er the na~e of Dorcas, which is properly that of the Roebuck. lie calls it the ct1$ of Lybta. Gazel is an Arabic word. |