68 ODONTOCCELUS. 



In the countries south of the Mexican and United States boundary 

 only diminutive members of the CERVID/E are found, and but few 

 species even of these. Most of them represent in miniature the 

 White-tailed Deer of the United States, similar in color and style of 

 antlers, though in certain species there is a tendency to a darkening 

 of the coat and to the disappearance of the metatarsal gland and 

 tuft, which, indeed, in some are entirely wanting. The darker color 

 is merely characteristic of animals living in humid climates, but the 

 absence of glands is not so easily explained. 



Fam. II. Cervidse. Deer. 



Antlers solid, always present on the male, sometimes also on the 

 female; first molar in upper and lower jaw brachyodont; lachrymal 

 bone prevented from articulating with the nasals by an extensive 

 antorbital vacuity; lachrymal duct with two orifices at or inside rim 

 of orbit; upper canines often present, sometimes greatly elongated 

 in the male; lateral hoofs nearly always present on all the feet; no 

 gall bladder. 



Subfam. I. Cervinse. 

 28. Odoiitoccelus. 



T o-o . p Oj_o . p SjzS . \f3 = 3_ 

 l -J=5 K-o' F - 3 -3' M '3-3 - 32 ' 



Odocoileus (sic) Rafin., Atlantic Jour., i, 1832, No. 3, p. 109, fig. 

 Type Odocoileus! speleus Rafin. =Cm;tts americanus? Erxleben. 



Mazama H. Smith, Griff. Anim. King., v, 1827, p. 314. (nee 

 Rafin.) 



Dorcelaphus Gloger, Hand-u. Hilfsb. Naturg., 1841, p. 140. 



Cariacus Less., Nouv. Tab. Regn. Anim., 1842, p. 173. 



Oplacerus Haldeman, Proc. Acad. Scien. Phil., i, 1842, p. 188. 



Reduncina Wagn., Schreb. Saugeth., iv, 1844, p. 373. 



Macrotis Wagn., Schreb. Saugeth. Suppl., iv, 1844, p. 373. 



Eucervus Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d Ser., xvm, 1866, p. 338. 



Otelaphus Fitzin., Sitzungsber, Math. Cl. K. Ak. Wiss. Wien., 

 LXVIII, Abth. i, 1873, p. 356. 



Gymnotis Fitzin., Sitzungsber, Math. Cl. K. Ak. Wiss. Wien., 

 LXXVIII, Abth. i, 1879, p. 343. 



Dama Zimm., Allen. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1902, pp. 18-20. 



Size large; antlers on male only, large, with sub-basal snag, 

 anterior prong of main fork more developed than the posterior one; 

 metatarsal gland and tuft generally present ; tail usually long, thickly 

 haired beneath; face gland small; gland pit moderate; upper canines 

 absent. 



