CERVID^ , 193 



Riitimeyer, Abh. schweiz. pal. Ges. vol. viii, p. 49, 1881 ; nee 

 Fitzinger, 1843. 



Xenelaphus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 498, Cat. Buminants 



Brit. Mils. p. 89, 1872; Lydehher, Deer of All Lands, p. 293, 



1898. 

 Anomalocera, Gray, Scientific Opinion, 1869, p. 384; Philippi, Wieg- 



mann's Archiv 1870, p. 46 ; nee Templcr, 1837. 

 Huamela, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4. vol. xi, p. 217, 1873, 



Hand-List Buminants Brit. Mus. p. 159, 1873. 

 Creagroeeros, Fitzinger, Sitzher. h. Ah. Wiss. Wien, vol. Ixviii, pt. 1, 



p. 358, 1873, vol. Ixxviii, pt. 1, p. 369, 1879. 



Antlers (fig. 31) small and simple, forming a single 

 dichotomous fork, of which the front prong is the smaller, 

 and curves upwards and backwards towards the hind one ; 

 metatarsal gland and tuft absent ; tail short and rather 

 bushy ; face moderately long ; face-glands large and exposed, 

 and gland-pits in skull deep and triangular, although not 

 very large ; upper canines present in both sexes, but not 

 projecting beyond lips ; coat coarse and brittle ; size medium ; 

 young uniformly coloured. Other characters much as in 

 two preceding genera. The genus is distinguished by the 

 simply forked antlers, coarse, brittle coat, and absence of 

 metatarsal glands. 



The range includes the western and southern parts of 

 South America. 



The two species appear distinguishable as follows : — 



A. Size larger, a dark Y-shaped face-stripe, antlers 



usually forking some distance above burr H. hisiilcus, 



B. Size smaller, face without distinct dark stripe, 



antlers forking close to burr H, antisensis. 



I. HIPPOCAMELUS BISULCUS. 



Equus bisulcus, Molina, Saggio Storia Nat. Chili, p. 320, 1782. 

 Hippocamelus dubius, Leuckart, Dissert. Inaug. de Equo hisulco 



Molinx, p. 24, 1816. 

 Auchenia huamel, H. Smith, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. v, 



p. 764, 1827. 

 Cervequus andicus. Lesson, Nouv. Tahl. Begn. Anim., Mamm. p. 173, 



1842. 

 Cervus chilensis, Gaii and Gervais, Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. ser. 3, 



vol. viii, p. 91, 1846; Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 45; 



Burmeister, Descript. Phys. Bepuh. Argent, vol. iii, p. 462, 1879 ; 



Philippi, An. Mus. Chile, Zool. 1892, p. 7, 1894, p. 8. 



IV. O 



