200 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



Subulo rufus, Fitzingcr, op. cit. vol. Ixviii, p. 360, 1873, vol. Lxxix, 



p. 11, 1879. 

 Cariacus rufus, -Bj'ooAt, Proc. Zool, Soc. 1878, p. 925; Sclater, List 



Mamm, Zool. Gardens, p. 174, 1883 ; Lydehker, Horns and Hoofs, 



p. 348, 1893.- 

 Cervus (Coassus) rufus, Ihering, Mammifcros dc Sao Paulo, p. 15, 



1894. 

 Mazama rufa, Lydehker, Deer of All Lands, p. 300, 1898, Great and 



Small Game of Europe, etc. p. 370, 1901. 

 Mazama inornata, Lydekker, Deer of All Lands, p. 306, 1898. 

 Mazama amei-icana, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, voL xi, 



p. 585, 1913; Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1914, p. 15; 



Lydekker, Ward's Becords of Big Game, ed. 7, p. Ill, 1914. 



Bed Brocket ; Veado Pardo or Veado Mateiro. 



The type species. Also type of Homelaphus. 



Typical locality Guiana. 



Size relatively large, and build heavy ; height at shoulder 

 about 27 inches ; hair of middle line of nape generally 

 reversed ; general colour shining brownish red (rufous), 

 sometimes with minute dark tips to the hairs ; sides of neck 

 and flanks reddish grey ; throat, under surface of upper part 

 of neck, and inner sides of thighs whitish grey ; tail 

 brownish red above, white below and at tip ; a small whitish 

 streak on rump ; a large spot on front (tf lower lip and a 

 smaller one on each side of upper lip below nose white ; 

 antlers yellowish white ; lachrymal pits relatively shallow ; 

 premaxilla3 usually articulating with nasals. 



The range extends from Guiana to Paraguay and \\\o 

 Grande do 8ul. 



The two local races are distinguishable as follows : — 



A. Size larger; skull longer (205 to 210 mm.) M. a. amcricana. 



B. Size smaller; skull shorter (202 mm.) M. a. jucunda, 



A.— Mazama americana americana. 



Typical locality Guiana. 



General characters those of the species ; skull relatively 

 long. 



The range includes Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, and 

 Paraguay. 



684, ft. Skeleton, mounted. Soutli America. 



Pitrehascd {Brandt). 



1037, a. Skujl, with antlers. Bahia, Brazil. No history. 



