198 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



X. Genus MAZAMA. 



Mazama, Rafinesque, A»ier. Month. Mag. vol. i, p. 44, 1817 ; 



Merriam, Science, ser. 2, vol. i, p. 208, 1895 ; Lydekker, Deer of 



All Lands, pp. 243 (partim) and 298, 1898 ; Elliot, Mamm. Mid. 



Amer. and W. Indies {Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. iv), p. 79, 1904 ; 



Pococh, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 264 ; Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. 



Hist. ser. 8, vol. xi, p. 58.5, 1913. 

 Subulo, H. S)7iit]i, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. v, p. 318, 1827; 



Fitzinger, Sitzher. h. Ah. Wiss. Wien, vol. Ixxix, pt. 1, p. 7, 



1879 ; nee Subula, Schumacher, 1817. 

 Passalites, Gloger, Handhucli Naturgeschichtc, p. 140, 1841. 

 Subula, Lesson, Nouv. Tabl. Regne Anim., Mamm. p. 173, 1842 ; nee 



Scliumacher, 1817. 

 Coassus, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 174, 1843, Cat. Ungulata 



Brit. Mus. p. 238, 1852, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 91, 1872 ; 



Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 924 ; Biitimeyer, Abh. schweiz. 



pal. Ges. \o\. viii, p. 31, 1881. 

 Homelaphus, Gray, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 90, 1872. 

 Nanelaphus, Fitzinger, Sitzber. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. Ixviii, pt. 1, 



p. 360, 1873, vol. Ixxix, pt. 1, p. 31, 1879. 

 Dorvceros, Fitzinger, op. cit. vol. Ixviii. p. 360, 1873, vol. Ixxix, p. 23, 

 '1879. 



Small deer nearly allied to the three preceding genera, 

 but distinguished by the following characters : — 



Antlers in the form of simple unbranched spikes ; meta- 

 tarsal gland and tuft absent, and tarsal gland in some species 

 rudimentary or perhaps obsolete ; tail very short ; face 

 elongated ; face-glands small and exposed, and gland-pits 

 deep and triangular ; crown of head tufted, and hair of face 

 radiating from two whorls, one on crown and the other 

 below line of eyes, the hair of forehead being directed 

 upwards towards antlers, and that of nose downwards towards 

 muzzle ; upper canines occasionally present in old males ; 

 coat fine and smooth ; build clumsy, with the back much 

 arched, and profile of face convex ; young spotted with 

 white. Ears of medium length ; upper lip with a pair of 

 white spots on each side of nose, and lower lip with a larger 

 VT^hite spot in middle line. 



The range includes Central and Tropical South America. 



The following is a " key " to the species : — 



A. Laehrymal pits in skull deeper. 



a. Size larger M. rufina. 



b. Size smaller M.hricenii. 



