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GREAT GAME OF THE WORLD. 



MEXICAN DEER 

 (Cariacus mexicanus; Cervus paludosus; Blastoceros paludosus). 



[Sir Victor Brooke, P.Z.S. 1878, p. 920.] 



Dimensions of Cariacus mexicanus. 



Height at shoulder 



Length of ears ... 



Do. tail exclusive of hair 



Total length of skull in a straight line 



Length from ant. rim of orbit to free extremity of 

 prae maxillse 



Length of molar and premolar series (upper) 



Do. antlers 



Greatest span ... 



English inches. 



27'5 

 4"3 



5'5 

 g-o 



4"5 



27 



7"5 



8-2 



Length. 



Circum- 

 ference. 



Tip to 

 Tip. 



Widest 

 inside. 



Points. 



Habitat. 



Owner. 



*23l 



23t 



t22f 

 *2lJ 



*i8f 



17* 



South America 



Do. 

 Brazil ... 

 South America 



Do. 



Do. 

 Mexico 



South America 

 Mexico 



British Museum. 



G. R. Stuart. 



Sir Victor Brooke's Collection. 



British Museum. 



Do. 

 Hon. Walter Rothschild. 

 British Museum. 



Do. 

 Sir Victor Brooke's Collection. 



• Blastoceros paludosus. 



t Cervus paludosus. 



