. The deer of all lands; a history of the family Cervidæ living and extinct. Deer; Deer, Fossil; Cervidae; Cervidae, Fossil. 290 American Deer year. It never enters the forests and thickets of Brazil and Paraguay, but restricts itself to the open campos which extend here and there among the forest tracts, and are also the habitat of the Brazilian rhea. On the Argentine pampas the animal is found in more or less entirely open country. Formerly, when the tussocks of tall pampas-grass were dotted more or less thickly over all the plains, it had plenty of covert ; but in the more settled districts

. The deer of all lands; a history of the family Cervidæ living and extinct. Deer; Deer, Fossil; Cervidae; Cervidae, Fossil. 290 American Deer year. It never enters the forests and thickets of Brazil and Paraguay, but restricts itself to the open campos which extend here and there among the forest tracts, and are also the habitat of the Brazilian rhea. On the Argentine pampas the animal is found in more or less entirely open country. Formerly, when the tussocks of tall pampas-grass were dotted more or less thickly over all the plains, it had plenty of covert ; but in the more settled districts Stock Photo
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. The deer of all lands; a history of the family Cervidæ living and extinct. Deer; Deer, Fossil; Cervidae; Cervidae, Fossil. 290 American Deer year. It never enters the forests and thickets of Brazil and Paraguay, but restricts itself to the open campos which extend here and there among the forest tracts, and are also the habitat of the Brazilian rhea. On the Argentine pampas the animal is found in more or less entirely open country. Formerly, when the tussocks of tall pampas-grass were dotted more or less thickly over all the plains, it had plenty of covert ; but in the more settled districts it now has to live almost completely in the open, and has. PlG. 76.—Young Male Pampas Deer. From a photograph by the Duchess of Bedford. consequently become wary in the extreme. The presence of a buck, especially in the evening, may, however, often be detected by the character- istic odour which will be perceptible at the distance of a mile or so. These deer may be found either in pairs, in parties of three or four, or in small herds, but the old bucks are often or always solitary for the greater part of the year. Their times of feeding are much the same as e of the marsh-deer, the animals remaining concealed under tussocks of pampas-grass, or in such other shelter as they can find, and issuing forth. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, R. Ward, limited

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