Vol. XIV, pp. 105.106 



July 19, 1901 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THK 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



A NEW BROCKET FROM YUCATAN .MJI*- > 8 «♦ * '* 



BY C. HART MERRIAM. 



One of the most surprising- discoveries made by Nelson and 

 Goldman in their recent exj)lorations in Yucatan and Campeclie 

 is a new species of Brocket. The animal ditt'ers totally in 

 color from Mazumn sfirto)-ii, the only known species from Mex- 

 ico and Central America, being grayish or drab instead of red. 

 That so large an animal should remain so long unknown to nat- 

 uralists is probably due to its habit of living in dense under- 

 growth in the arid tropical forests, where it is rarely seen, even 

 by the natives. Two specimens were obtained: an adult male 

 from Tunkas, Yucatan, an<l an adult female from Apazote, 

 Campeche. The relationship of the sjtecies to J1/. jtituorivagus 

 of South America, T am unal)h" to determine froju lack of 

 specimens. The new animal, however, is decidedly larger than 

 ne)norir(i<ji(fi. It may be known l)y the following description: 



Mazama pandora sp. nox. 



Typi- from Tunkas. ^■u(•:ll:ul. Xo. 108,273, c? ad., I'. S. Nat. Museum, 

 Biol. Survey Coll. Im-Ij. 1."), U)ul. E. W. Nelson and E. A. Goldman. 

 Orig. No. 14,544. 



Characters. — Size and ears aboul the same as in the Red Brocket; 

 color grayish or drab brown; anllers slraiyhl spikes (in type specimen 



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