Placentation in Père David's Deer, Elaphurus davidianus

Abstract

DESPITE the voluminous literature on the placentation of the Artiodactyla, we can find no reference to that of Père David's deer. Recently, His Grace the Duke of Bedford generously made available to us three specimens of the genital tract of this rare animal which now only survives in domesticity at Woburn Park and in certain zoological gardens.