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RUMINANTIA.—CERVIDÆ.
is mentioned, viz., that when closely pursued by dogs, the Kanchil will sometimes make a bound upwards, hook itself on the branch of a tree by
KANCHIL.
means of its bent tusks, and there remain suspended, till the dogs have passed beneath."
Family III. Cervidæ.
(Deer.)
The Deer form a numerous, widely-extended, and extremely natural Family of quadrupeds. They possess bony horns, which are very rapidly produced, fall off, and are reproduced at regular
