74 ODONTOCCELUS. 



COSTA RICA DEER. 



Type locality. Talamanca, eastern side of Costa Rica, and the 

 foot of the Cordilleras. 



Geogr. Distr. Known only from Costa Rica. 



Genl. Char. Larger than O. truii, color lighter. 



Color. Above mixed black and buff, the hairs being black with a 

 buff subterminal band; darkest on top of head, neck and fore part 

 of back; sides lighter; throat whitish; under parts wood brown; 

 inguinal region and line along belly to chest white; tail above cinna- 

 mon, tip dusky; beneath white; ears dark brownish gray outside, 

 white inside; legs cinnamon. 



Measurements. Total length, 1400; tail, 120; hind foot, 375; ear 

 from crown, no. Skull: greatest length, 250-264; basal length, 

 237-250; median palatal length, 155-165; width of palate between 

 anterior molars, 38-46; interorbital constriction, 57-64; greatest 

 width between lower rims of orbit, 101-112; zygomatic breadth, 

 94.6-108; mastoid breadth, 74-86; occipital depth, 57-58; length of 

 mandible, 190-195; upper tooth row, 68; lower tooth row, 79-82; 

 length of three lower premolars, 31-33. 



55. nemoralis (Cervus), H. Smith, Griff. Anim. King., iv, 1827, 



P- 137- 

 HAMILTON SMITH'S DEER. 



Type locality. "Virginia"? 



Geogr. Distr. Honduras to Panama, Central America. 



Genl. Char. Similar to O. truii. Metatarsal gland very small. 

 Antlers small; beams straight, with a small tine in front above the 

 burr pointing upward; another tine at tip turned inward and for- 

 ward, with a short posterior tine almost making a forked termina- 

 tion to the beam. 



Color. Forehead and crown blackish; upper lip and patch on 

 lower lip, black; sides of nostrils, lower lip, and chin, white; space 

 around eye fawn; rest of upper parts and sides yellowish brown 

 gray; under parts of buttocks white; limbs "ochery"; tail above 

 dusky, beneath white. 



Measurements. Height at withers, 98.5; antler, 90.5 in length; 

 spread, 219.4. 



56. toltecus (Ccri'tis), Sauss., Rev. Mag. Zool., 2me Se"r., xn, 1860, 



p. 247. 



yucatanensis Hays, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., x, 1874, p. 218. 

 acapulcensis (Cervus), Caton, Antel. & Deer, Amer., 1877, p. 113. 

 YUCATAN DEER. 



Type locality. Near Orizaba, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



