Tllli SELOUS COLLECTlOX, 99 



KANSAS WHITE-TAILED DEER. 



OdOCOILEUS VIRGH1VIA.NUS MACKOURUS. 



Cervus* marrotn-inf, Kafinesfiiic, Araer. Month. Mag. vol. i. p. 43G, 1817. 

 OdocoiUntn americanua macwHi-H:<, Miller and Kehn, Proc. Boston Hoc. 



Nat. Hist. vol. xxx. p. 14, 1901. 

 Odocoileus rircjiniunus inanvn nis, Stone and Cram, American Animals, 



p. 39, 1903. 



Snialk'r than borralis and tlie tyi)ical race ; no black on face 

 or tail. Antlers rather small. 



Horn measurements : — length on outside curve l!).4 ; greatest 

 width inside 15; spread from tip to tip 12. Points 5 + 5. 



Typical locality, Plains of Kansas Valley, Uppei* Mississippi. 

 The range is said to include Nebraska, Kansas, and the Dakotas. 



492 —19. 7. 15. 467. 4 November, 1897. South Fork of Stinking 



Water River, Wyoming. . 



MULE-DEER. 



Odocoileus HEMIONUS HEMIOXirs. 



Cervus hemionus, Rafinesque, Amer. Month. Mag. vol. i. p. 436, 1817. 

 Cervus macrotis moatanus, Caton, Antelope and Deer of America, ed. 2, 



p. 94, 1881. 

 Mazavfia hemionuti typica, Lydekker, Deer of All Lands, p. 275, 1898. 

 Odocoileus hemioiuis hemionuii, Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 388, 



1912. 



Distinguished from the White-tailed Deer by its rather heavier 

 build, large ears, and shorter tail, the basal portion of the under- 

 side of which is naked. Horns fairly large, directed outwards and 

 then upwards, dividing to form a symmetrical fork, the branches 

 of which divide again about 6 inches above the first fork. 



Best horn measurements (No. 19. 7. 15. 471) : — length on out- 

 side curve 25 ; greatest width inside 23.4 ; spread from tip to ti[) 

 19. Points 5 + 5. 



Typical locality, Sioux Valle\', South Dakota. In the Museum 

 Collection there are specimens of this race from Montana and 

 British Columbia. 



* Misprinted Corviis. 



