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Fic. XXIII. ODONTOCCELUS A COUES!. CouEs’ DEER. 
throat, under parts and inner side of limbs white; tail above reddish 
brown, fringed with white, beneath pure white. 
Measurements. Height at withers, 812; at rump, 902; ears, 197. 
Skull: occipital condyles to apex of intermaxille, 210; width across 
orbits, 96; zygomatic width, 90; interparoccipital width, 45; length of 
nasals, 68; occipital condyles to anterior edge of intermaxille, 210. 
50. battyi (Odocoileus!), Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1903, p. 
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Batty’s DEER. 
Type locality. Rancho Santuario, State of Durango, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Similar to O. a. couest, but skull with smaller ant- 
orbital vacuities, broader and less arched nasals; basisphenoid 
more cuneate, dentition heavier and antlers bent more sharply 
outward. 
Color.—Winter Pelage. Upper parts gray brown, sometimes 
tinged with buff, top of head and dorsal line to tail darkest; flanks 
lighter; middle of throat white; sides of throat, cheeks, foreneck 
and chest pale grayish brown, sometimes with a buffy tinge; lower 
breast, axilla and inside of fore legs, lower part of abdomen, inguinal 
region, inner side of thighs and hind leg, white; tarsal gland white 
around a deep orange center; a narrow white band above hoofs; 
