April, 1914. Four New Mammals from Venezuela — Osgood. 139 



the most, this indefinite statement of locality could only mean that 

 the specimen was secured from a native or bought in a shop in the 

 interior of Colombia, probably in Bogota. Deer are exceedingly rare 

 and difficult to obtain in the mountains near Bogota and it is even 

 doubtful whether any except small brockets (Mazama) occur there; 

 whereas they are fairh' common in the savannas directly east of Bogota 

 along the upper Meta River on Orinoco drainage. A trade route be- 

 tween this region and Bogota has been open for many years and the 

 skins or parts of the lowland animals as well as living animals for pets 

 are constantly carried to Bogota for sale.^ It is highly probable, 

 therefore, that the type of Cervus goudotii came from the upper Orinoco 

 region east of Bogota, Colombia. So far as known, the deer of this 

 region do not differ from those of the lower Orinoco. The name gou- 

 dotii may therefore be regarded as a synonym of gymnotis. 



1848. Cervus savannarum Cabanis and Schomburgk, Reisen in 

 Brit. Guiana, III, p. 785, 1848. 



Although this name is usually regarded as representing a valid form 

 differing from gymnotis at least in certain external characters, it is 

 doubtful if specimens typically representing the two ever have been 

 compared. Two imperfect skulls in the Field Museum obtained by 

 M. P. Anderson and R. H. Becker at Boa Vista, Rio Branco, Brazil, 

 may be considered practically as topotypes of savannarum, for Fort 

 San Joaquim (very near Boa Vista) was Schomburgk's headquarters 

 for some time and he has especially mentioned the abundance of deer 

 in that vicinity. 



Unfortunately, it seems necessary that the name savannarum be 

 superseded by spinosus which has two years' prioritv. 



1879. Gymnotis vuiegmanni Fitzinger, Sitzungsber. K. Ak. Wiss. 

 Wien, LXXVIII, p. 344, 1879. 



A renaming of Cervus gymnotis Wiegmann, of which, therefore, it is 

 an absolute synonym. 



1879. Cervus columhicus Fitzinger, Sitzungsber. K. Ak. Wiss. 

 Wien, LXXIX, p. 66, 1879. 



Based on a skull and horns described and figured but not named by 

 Pucheran (Arch, du Mus., VI, p. 335, pi. 23, fig. i, 1852). These were 

 obtained from Bogota, Colombia, by the French traveler and naturalist 

 Roulin. "Bogota" is of course a generalized locality covering the 



1 Dr. F. M. Chapman, who has lately done some thorough ornithological work 

 in the Bogota region, assures me that at present the skins of spotted cats, jaguars, 

 pumas, etc., and certain live birds and mammals offered for sale in Bogota are largely 

 from the eastern savanna or llano region. 



