170 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



Q. — Odocoileus virginianus costaricensis. 



Odocoileus costaricensis, Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wasldngfon, vol. 



xiv, p. 35, 1901, List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 386, 1912. 

 Odontocoilus costaricensis, Elliot, Mamm. Mid. Amer. and W. Indies 



{Field Mils. Zool. Pub. vol. iv), p. 73, 1904, Chech-List Mamm. 



N. Amer. etc. {ibid. vol. vi) p. 46, 1905. 



Typical locality Talamanca district, Eastern Costa Eica, 

 between coast and Cordilleran foot-hills. 



Type in U.S. National Museum, Washington. 



Larger and lighter-coloured than 0. v. truci ; general 

 colour mingled huff and black — owing to annulation of 

 liairs — darkest on top of head, neck, and fore-part of back ; 

 ears dark brownish grey, white internally ; tail cinnamon 

 above (like limbs), with dusky tip. * 



65. 5, 18. 36. Skin, female. Costa Eica ; collected by 

 0. Salvin, Esq. Furchascd, 1865. 



65. 5. 18. 37. Skin. Same locality and collector. 



Smne history. 



67. 8. 23. 2 (1374, g). Frontlet and antlers. Costa Eica. 



Purchased (Carmiol), 1867. 



R.— Odocoileus virg-inianus nemoralis. 



CervTis nemoralis, H. Smith, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. iv, 



p. 137, 1827 ; Pucheran, Arch. Mus. Paris, vol. vi, p. 336, 1852. 

 Cervus (Mazama) nemoralis, H. SmitJi, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, 



vol. V, p. 317, 1827. 

 Mazama nemoralis, Jardine, Naturalist's Libr., Mamm. vol. iii, 



p. 175, 1835. 

 Cariacus nemoralis, Lcsso??, Nouv. Tahl. Begne Anim., Mamm. p. 173, 



1842 ; Gray, Cat. XJngidata Brit. Mus. p. 232, 1852 ; Matschie, 



Mitt, geogr. Ges. Lilbech, 1894, p. 130. 

 Eeduncina nemoralis, Fitzinger, Sitzber. Ti. ATi. Wiss. Wien, vol. 



Ixviii, pt. 1, p. 357, 1873, vol. Ixxviii, p. 338, 1879. 

 Mazama americana nemoralis, LydehTcer, Deer of All Lands, p. 264, 



1898; Great and Small Game of Eurox>e, etc. p. 349, 1901. 

 Odontocoelus nemoralis, Elliot, Mamm. Mid. Amer. and W. Indies 



{Field Alios. Zool. Pub. vol. iv), p. 74, 1904, Check-List Mamm. 



N. Amer. etc. {ibid. vol. vi) p. 46, 1905. 



Typical locality unknown ; the range extends from 

 Honduras to Panama. 



Generally similar to 0. v. truci (lieight about 28 or 29 

 inches) ; metatarsal gland very small (occasionally obsolete), 

 situated about half-way up shank, with scarcely any white 



