ODONTOCCELUS. 75 



Geogr. Distr. State of Vera Cruz to Yucatan, southeastern 

 Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Size very small; tail long; antlers short, straight, 

 semi-palmate; metatarsal gland wanting. Color same at all seasons. 



Color. Upper parts dark chestnut brown; under parts white; 

 face blackish; tail brown above, white beneath. Color of pelage 

 does not change with the seasons. 



Measurements. One-third smaller than O. americanus. 



57. thomasi (Odocoileus!), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xn, 1898, 



p. 102. 

 THOMAS' DEER. 



Type locality. Huehuetan, State of Chiapas, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. States of Oaxaca and Chiapas, southeastern 

 Mexico. Limits of range unknown. 



Genl. Char. Size large; metatarsal gland very small, midway 

 between calcaneum and hoof. Skull and teeth similar to those of 

 O. truii from Honduras. 



Color. Winter Pelage. General color fulvous; forehead black, or 

 black and fulvous; inside of thighs, middle of belly, hind part of fore 

 legs, and inguinal region white; chin white, with the usual black 

 patch on each side; tail above bright fulvous, beneath white. 



Antlers slope backwards nearly on plane of face, with tips curving 

 inward and forward. On inner side near burr of both beams is a 

 spike no mm. in length, which curves backward and forward. 

 Spread between tips of these spikes 50 mm. On the left beam 70 mm. 

 from tip is a posterior prong 50 mm. long which projects backward 

 and inward. 



Measurements. Type. Total length, 1544; tail vertebrae, 153; 

 hind foot, 425 (ex Merr., 1. c.). Skull: basal length, 220-230; length 

 of upper tooth row, 70; lower tooth row, 73; length of three lower 

 premolars, 32. 



58. nelsoni (Odocoileus!), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xn, 1898, 



p. 103. 

 NELSON'S DEER. 



Type locality. San Christobal, highlands of State of Chiapas, 

 Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Chiapas, southern Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Size medium; top of head and dorsal band blackish. 



Color. Above brownish gray, grizzled tips of hairs fulvous; black 

 stripe from nose to forehead, which is also blackish; dorsal band 

 from head to rump black; ears grizzled gray; chin white, crossed by 

 black bar; inner and back side of fore legs, inner side of thighs, and 



