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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Desmarest, Mammalogie, ou, Description des espèces de mammifères. CUL-DAR83.40. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

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Desmarest. p. 457

Cervicapra 17 sp. ♂ alone Horned.

p 468 Tragelaphus Tragelaphus Horns in this same sub-genus, present or absent in the 2 sexes.

p. 471 Boselaphus Boselaphus (or Strepsiceros) do — sometimes absent in females.—

p 476 Horns smaller in ♀ Antelope rupicapra Chamois

(How equal in same species)

Horns variable in same genera, smaller in female, or absent & so in domestic vars of sheep & goats.

Whole sub-genera with Horns or anthers Horns in ♀s

Desmarest, Anselm Gaëtan. 1820. Mammalogie ou description des espèces des Mammifères. 1ère, 2e Partie. Paris: Veuve Agasse. PDF Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 289.

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