CERVID.E 165 



J.- Odocoileus vipginianus mexicanus. 



Cervus mexicanus,* Lichtenstein, Darstellung. Thierc, pi. xviii, 



1827-34, ex Pennant's Mexican Deer. 

 Cariacus mexicanus, Lesson, Nouv. Tabl. Begne Anim., Mamm. p. 173, 



1842 ; Crraij, Cat. B^imiuants Brit. Mus. p. 84, 1872, Hand-List 



Buminants Brit. Mus. p. 156, 1873; Brooke, Broc. Zool. Soc. 



1878, p. 919 ; Alston, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Mamm. pp. 82 and 113, 



1879 ; Sclater, List Anim. Zool. Gardens, p. 173, 1883 ; Flower 



and Garson, Cat. Osteol. Mus. B. Coll. Surg. pt. ii, p. 323, 1884 ; 



Ward, Becords of Big Game, ed. 2, p. 58, 1896, partim. 

 Reduncina mexicana, Fitzinger, Sitzher. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. 



Ixviii, pt. 1, p. 357, 1873, vol. Ixxviii, pt. 1, p. 328, 1879. 

 Cariacus virginianus mexicanus, Blioads, Amer. Nat. vol. xxviii, 



p. 524, 1894. 

 Mazama americana mexicana, Lydckker, Deer of All Lands, p. 261, 



1898, Great and Small Game of Europe, etc. p. 347, 1901. 

 Dama lichtensteini, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. xvi, 



p. 20, 1902. 

 Odocoileus mexicanus, Osgood, Broc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. xv, 



p. 87, 1902; Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 389, 1912. 

 Odontoccelus lichtensteini, Elliot, Mamm. Mid. Amer. and W. Indies 



(Field Mus. Zool. Bub. vol. iv), p. 72, 1904, Check-List Mamm. 



N. Amer. etc. {ibid. vol. vi) p. 45, 1905. 

 Mazama americana lichtensteini, Ward, Becords of Big Game, ed. 6, 



p. 105, 1910. 

 Mazama virginiana lichtensteini, Lydekker, Ward's Becords of Big 



Game, ed. 7, p. 103, 1914. 



Typical locality Valley of Mexico. 



Size small (slioiilder-heiglit about 33 inches) ; antlers 

 resembling those of typical race, but smaller ; general colour 

 in summer speckled foxy red, passing into speckled grey on 

 head and ears, and into pure foxy red on tail, which is 

 relatively short; chin, lower jaw, and throat (but not 

 muzzle) white, like under-parts ; in winter greyish or ashy 

 brown ; metatarsal tuft small, brownish bordered with white. 

 Antlers ranging from IH to 13^ inches in length have been 

 measured. 



The distributional area probably includes a considerable 

 portion of Southern Mexico. 



681, c. Frontlet and antlers. Figured by Pennant, and 



* The use of this name has been regarded by Allen, Elliot, and 

 others, as being barred by " C. mexicanus," Gmelin, 1788 ; but it is 

 employed both by Osgood and Miller. 



