ODONTOCCELUS. 



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FIG. XXIII. ODONTOCCELUS A COUESI. CODES' DEER. 



throat, under parts and inner side of limbs white; tail above reddish 

 brown, fringed with white, beneath pure white. 



Measurements. Height at withers, 812; at rump, 902; ears, 197. 

 Skull: occipital condyles to apex of intermaxillae, 210; width across 

 orbits, 96; zygomatic width, 90; interparoccipital width, 45; length of 

 nasals, 68; occipital condyles to anterior edge of intermaxillae, 210. 



50. battyi (Odocoileus!}, Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1903, p. 



59i- 

 BATTY'S DEER. 



Type locality. Rancho Santuario, State of Durango, Mexico. 



Gcnl. Char. Similar to 0. a. coucsi, but skull with smaller ant- 

 orbital vacuities, broader and less arched nasals; basisphenoid 

 more cuneate, dentition heavier and antlers bent more sharply 

 outward. 



Color. Winter Pelage. Upper parts gray brown, sometimes 

 tinged with buff, top of head and dorsal line to tail darkest ; flanks 

 lighter; middle of throat white; sides of throat, cheeks, foreneck 

 and chest pale grayish brown, sometimes with a buffy tinge; lower 

 breast, axillae and inside of fore legs, lower part of abdomen, inguinal 

 region, inner side of thighs and hind leg, white; tarsal gland white 

 around a deep orange center; a narrow white band above hoofs; 



