Photo, Elwin R. Sanborn, N. Y. Zoological Society
AXIS, OR SPOTTED DEER OF THE EAST INDIES

Photo, Elwin R. Sanborn, N. Y. Zoological Society
AMERICAN DEER WITH HORNS IN "VELVET" STAGE

[CHAPTER XXXI]
THE WORLD'S HERDS AND FLOCKS—Continued

CAMELS, DEER, GIRAFFES AND PRONGHORNS

This is a rather miscellaneous group introducing the typical Herbivora. The most ancient of them in the style of their structure are certain little spotted creatures, like miniature deer in appearance, that inhabit the forests of western Africa and the Orient, and are known as chevrotains. The fact that in their metapodial bones they resemble the structure of camels causes these apparently so distant animals to be placed next to camels in classification.