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Pallas, 'Spicilegia Zoolog. fasc. xiii. 1799, p. 24; Desmoulins, 'Dict. Class. d'Hist. In most cases, when only the male emits a strong odour during the breeding- season, it probably serves to excite or allure the female.
Most deer, cattle, and sheep are polygamous; as are most antelopes, though some are monogamous. Sir Andrew Smith, in speaking of the antelopes of South Africa, says that in herds of about a dozen there was rarely more than one mature male. Pallas, 'Spicilegia Zoolog., Fasc. xii. 1777, p. 29.
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