MAMMALIA. 183 
Les Cerfs (Cervus), F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. lix. 513, 1829. 
Cervide seu Ceratoénta, J. Brookes, Mus. Cat. 61, 1828. 
Les Cerfs, Lesson, Mamm. i. 259. 
Blainville proposed to divide the species thus:—A. Horns 
sessile. a. Horns divided. 1. Elans. 2. Rennes. 3. Daims. 
4. Cerfs. 5. Axis. 6. Chevreuils. 6. Horns simple. 7. Da- 
guets. 3B. Horns pedicelled. 8. Cervules. In the same note 
he divides the species according to their geographic distribution. 
—Desm. Mamm. 449, 1822. 
M. Bravard divides the Fossil Deer of Puy du Déme into two 
subgenera, thus :—1. Catoglochis, with the lower anterior snag 
on the crown. 2. Anoglochis, with it above the crown.—Fide 
Lesson, Hist. Nat. Mamm. 1836, p. 259. 
Lesson, in the Manuel de Mammalogie, 1827, p. 355, thus 
arranges the species of the genus Cervus:—A. 1. Elans. 
B. 1. Rennes. 2. Daims. 3. Cerfs propr. dit. 4. Axis * ta- 
chetées, ** sans taches. 5. Chevreuils * ancient continent, 
** nouveau contment. 6. Daguets. 7. Cervules. 
Colonel Hamilton Smith has adopted the section proposed by 
De Blainville; he regarded them as sections or subgenera, and 
gave them the followmg Latin names:—l1. Alces. 2. Rangifer. 
3. Dama. 4. Elaphus. 5. Rusa. 6. Axis. 7. Capreolus. 8. 
Mazama. 9. Subulo. 10. Stylocerus.—Griffth, A. K. v. 1827; 
translated Fischer, Syn. Mam. i. 612, 1830; and Lesson, Compl. 
Buffon Mamm. x. 259, 1836. 
Professor Sundevall proposed the following genera and sub- 
genera:—l. Alces. 2. Rangifer. 3. Cervus. A. a. Cervus. 
8. Hippelaphi. y. Hyelaphus. 6. Dama. 8B. a. Mazama. 
8. Blastoceri. y. Fureiferes. 6. Subulones. 4. Capreolus. 
5. Prox. (6. Moschus. 7. Tragulus.) 
Mr. Gray, in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society (1836, 
67), proposed to arrange the species of Deer into three sections, 
according to the position of certain tufts of hair on the hind-legs, 
thus :—l. A tuft of hair below the middle of the outside of the 
metatarsus. 2. Above the middle of the outside of the meta- 
tarsus; and 5. With a tuft of hair on the inside of the hock. 
Dr. Sundevall in his Pecora has adopted these divisions. These 
tufts have the advantage of being found in all ages and in both 
sexes, so that they can be consulted when the horns are deficient. 
M. Pucheran (Dict. Univer. Hist. Nat. m1. 314, 1843) divides 
the Deer as follows:—A. With flat horns. 1. C. Dama (and 
var. mauricus). B. With round horns. a. With more than two 
andouilleres. 1. C. Virginianus. 2. C. Duvaucellii. 3. C. Wal- 
lichii. 4. C. Elaphus. 5. C. Wapiti. 6. C. macrotis. 7. C. 
macrurus. 8. C. occidentalis. 9. C. Elaphoides. 6. With only 
two andouilleres. 10. C. Hippelaphus. 11. C. Aristotelis. 12. 
