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$Unique_ID{QAD00113}
$Pretitle{}
$Title{Genus Elaphus.--Griffith}
$Subject{Genus Elaphus. --Griffith; Elaphus; }
$Journal{Quadrupeds of America: Volume II}
$Volume{Vol. 2:83}
$Genus{Elaphus}
$Species{}
$Common_Name{}
$Log{}
Portions copyright (c) Creative Multimedia Corp., 1990-91, 1992
A U D U B O N ' S M A M M A L S
By John James Audubon, F. R. S., &c. &c.
AND
The Rev. John Bachman, D. D., &c. &c.
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VOL. II.
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GENUS ELAPHUS.--Griffith
DENTAL FORMULA.
0 1-1 6-6
Incisive -; Canine ---; Molar --- = 34.
8 0-0 6-6
Horns, (existing only in the male,) round; very large antlers terminating
in a fork or in snags from a common centre, suborbital sinus; canine teeth in
the male, in the upper jaw; a muzzle.
The generic name is derived from the Greek [Elaphos], Stag, or Elk; the
name was applied by PLINY, LINNAEUS, and other naturalists, to designate a
particular species existing in Europe, Cervus Elaphus.
Three well-determined species may be arranged under this genus; one
existing in Europe, one in Walhihii, (the Nepaul Stag,) and one in America.