NORTH AMERICAN LAND MAISl^.lALS. 385 



Family CERVID^. 



Subfamily Cervine. 



Genus CERVUS Linnssus. 



1758. Cervus LiNNiEUs, Sysl. Nat., cd. 10, vol. 1, p. 66. Typo, 

 Cervus claj^hus Linnaeus. 



*Cervus canadensis canadensis (Erxleben). 



1777. [Cervus elaphus] canadensis Erxleben, Syst. Rrgiii Aiiim., 



vol. 1, p. 305. 

 1783. Cervus canadensis Schreber, vSaugthiere, vol. 5, pi. 246rt. 

 1885. Cervus canadensis True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis., vol. 7 



(1884), p. 592. 1885. 

 Type Locality. — Eastern Canada. 



*Cervus canadensis occidentalis (Hamilton Smith). 



1827. Clenms] occidentalis Hamilton Smith, Griffith's Ciivier, 

 Animal Kingdom, vol. 4, p. 101. 



1865. C[ervus] canadensis occidentalis Blyth, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1S65, p. 618. 

 tl897. Cervus j^oosevelti Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 11, p. 272. December 17, 1897. (Momit Elaine, on 

 ridge between heads of Hoh, Elwali, and Soleduc Rivers, 

 near Mount Olympus, Clallam County, Washington.) 



1898. Cervus canadensis occidentalis Lydekker, The Deer of all 

 Lands, p. 101. ^ 



Type Locality. — Extreme western North America. 



t*Cervus merriami Nelson. 



1902. Cervus merriami Nelson, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



vol. 16, p. 7. January 16, 1902. 

 Type Locality. — Head of Black River, White Mountains, 

 Apache County, Arizona. Altitude, about 9,000 feet. 



t*Cervus nannodes Merriam. 



1905. Cervus nannodes Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



vol. 18, p. 24. February 2, 1905. 

 Type Locality. — Buttonwillow, Kern County, California. 



Genus ODOCOILEUS Rafinesque. 



1832, Odocoileus Rafinesque, Atlantic Journal, vol. 1. p. 109. 

 Autumn of 1832. Type, Odocoileus speleus Rafinesque = 

 Cervus dama americanus Erxleben, or a closely related sub- 

 fossil form. 



For use of this name in j)laco of Cariacus Lesson (Nouv. tab!, r^gne ani- 

 mal, p. 173, 1842) and Dorcelaphus Gloger (Gemeinn. Hand.- u. Ililfsb. der 

 Naturgesch., p. 140, 1811) see Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 12, 

 pp. 99-100, April 30, 1898. 

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