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Color. Upper parts brown, hair tipped with fawn; dorsal line 
darker; whitish mark on each side of muzzle, and one above and 
below each eye; chin, throat, inner sides of the upper part of fore 
legs, inguinal region, and inner side of thighs white; rest of under 
parts rufous fawn, as are also the outer side of thighs and feet; tarsal 
glands reddish brown; tail above at base fawn, terminal portion 
black, beneath white. 
Measurements. Head and body, 1120; tail, 100; hind foot, with 
hoofs, 290; ear from notch, 88 (skin). Skull: greatest length, 201; 
basal length, 180; greatest breadth, 86.5; nasals, 6422.5; muzzle to 
orbit, 103; breadth of braincase, 58; muzzle to anterior premolar, Gr 
alveolar length of upper tooth row, 65; of lower tooth row, 26. 
53. *truii (Odocoileus!), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., x11, 1898, p. 
103 (note). 
clavatus True, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1888, p. 417. (nec H. Smith). 
TRUE’s DEER. 
Type locality. Segovia River, Honduras. 
Geogr. Distr. Honduras, Central America. Extent of range not 
known. 
Genl. Char. Size medium; metatarsal gland present. Antlers 
simple spikes, directed backward in line of face. 
Color.—Summer Pelage. Bright chestnut; dusky brown band from 
nose to forehead, which is darker than face; orbital ring whitish; white 
spot on each side of nostril and one on lower lip; head beneath and 
throat white; back bright chestnut; chest and flanks pale chestnut; 
neck pale grayish chestnut; abdomen, inguinal region and inside of 
fore legs and thighs white; tail above tawny, beneath white; hairs of 
tarsal gland white. 
Antlers. Slightly lyrate in form; beams straight, slender, laterally 
compressed and pointed; basal two-thirds rugose. 
Measurements. (Skin.) ‘Height at shoulder, 732, length of head, 
246; tail to end of hairs, 239; length of antler, 88; juv.’’ (True, 1. c.) 
Skull: basal length, 200-220; length of upper tooth row, 66; lower 
tooth row, 73; length of three lower premolars, 28. 
54. +costaricensis (Odocoileus!), Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiv, 
POOL, Pi 35. 
* The animal with red pelage as described by Dr. True, will stand for the 
type clavatus=iruii, The example mentioned by Dr. True, as in ‘‘ Winter 
Pelage,’’ proves on examination and on the statement to me of Mr. Townsend, 
who obtained it, to have been killed in July. It is a larger animal than truiz, 
and very differently colored, and cannot be supposed to exhibit a pelage other 
than that of summer. It possibly represents a separate race. 
+ This may possibly be the same as O. nemoralis, the following species, exam- 
les of which from Costa Rica are stated to be in the British Museum. See 
ydekker, Deer of all Lands, 1898, p. 265. 
