MAZAMA. 



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The Brockets are natives of Mexico, Central America, and South 

 America. They are small in stature, and possess antlers in the form 

 of spikes, without any branches. The metatarsal gland is wanting, 

 and in certain instances (South American species) the tarsal gland 

 and tuft also. They are peculiar little creatures, with the top of the 

 head tufted, similarly to the Muntjac's, or to those of the diminutive 

 Antelopes of the genus Madoqua, the Dik-Diks of Africa, with a 

 rather heavy, ungraceful body and an arched back. The fawns are 

 spotted with white, like those of the large species of deer, and canines 

 are sometimes present in the males. Although fossil remains have 

 been found in Brazil and Argentina, the Brockets are considered to 

 be a modern, as well as a degenerate group of New World deer. 



29. Mazaina. Brockets. 



Mazama Rafin., Amer. Month. Mag., I, 1817, p. 363. Type Cervus 

 rufinus Illiger. 



Horns simple, unbranched, directed backward; ears and tail 

 short, the former broad, rounded; upper canines occasionally present 

 in male; metatarsal and sometimes the tarsal gland absent; hair on 

 forehead forming a tuft; face gland small, exposed; gland pit deep, 

 triangular; size small; fawns white spotted. 



FIG. XXIV. MAZAMA SARTORI. CENTRAL AMERICAN BROCKET. 



