CERVID.E. 77 



Capreolus matheroni (P. Gervais 1 ). 



Syn. Cervus matheroni, P. Gervais 2 . 



Cervus bravardi, Pomel and Bravard, MS. 



Boyd-Dawkins regards this form as less specialized than the pre- 

 ceding species, of which it may be the ancestor. It has been con- 

 sidered by some writers as belonging to the axine group of Cervus. 



Ilab. France. 



34623. An adult antler and pedicle ; from the Lower Pliocene of 

 (Fig.) Cucuron (Vaucluse), France. This specimen is figured by 



Boyd-Dawkins in the ' Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc.' vol. xxxiv. 

 p. 405, fig. 1 (1878) ; the figure being reproduced in the 

 woodcut on page 76 (fig. 6, A). 



Bravard Collection. Purchased, 1852. 



34624. A very similar antler and pedicle ; from the Lower Pliocene 



of Cucuron. Bravard Collection. Purchased, 1852. 



From the small size of the above-noticed antlers, it is not improbable 

 that the following specimens of teeth should be referred to the 

 present species. 



34625-34631. A fragment of the right ramusof the mandible, with 

 m . 2 and m. 3, and five detached lower molars ; from the 

 Lower Pliocene of Cucuron, 



Bravard Collection. Purchased, 1852. 



The following specimens from the same deposit indicate a larger 

 animal, and were named in MS. by Bravard, C. cucuronis : they 

 * belong to the Bravard Collection, purchased, 1852. 



34611-34614. A fragment of the left maxilla, with pm. 4, m. 1, and 

 m. 2, and three detached upper cheek-teeth. 



34615. Part of the mandible, with the milk-dentition. 



34616. Part of the right ramus of the mandible, with the six cheek- 



teeth (m. 2 imperfect). 



34617. Fragment of the mandible, with one molar. 



34622, 34623. Two specimens of the distal extremity of the 

 humcrus. 



1 Zool. et Pal. Francises, 2nd ed. p. 148 (1859), Cervus. A reference is here 

 given to Bull. Ac. Sci. Montpell. 1852, p. 10, which the writer cannot verify. 



2 Loc. cit. 



