236 MAMMALIA. 



2. Cervus spinosus, Gay fy Gervais, Ann. Sci. Nat. 1846, 94, 



from horn of M. Poiteau, figured Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. t. 5. 



f. 22 a. 



C. virginianus var., G. Cuvier, Oss. Foss. 

 Hob. Cayenne; M. Poiteau. 



Only described from a single horn from Cayenne. 



3. Cervus Savannarum, Cabanis fy Schomburgk, Reisen in Bri- 



tisch Guiana, iii. 785. 



4. OrenoJca Deer. There is imported into London under the 

 above name, from Central America, the flat skins of a large spe- 

 cies of Deer, of a bright dark red brown colour, with the chin 

 and under part of the body white, and a blackish tail. The hair 

 of the back is short and rather adpressed. The animal appears 

 to be about the size of a small Stag, C. Elaphus. These skins 

 are imported by the North- West American Fur Company to be 

 tanned into leather. 



5. The Yutacan Deer. The North-West American Fur Com- 

 pany import, under the above name and from Yutacan, the skin 

 of a smaller Deer, about the size of the Virginian Deer. The fur 

 of the back is very short, of a red brown colour with blackish 

 tips. They differ from the skins of the Virginian Deer, im- 

 ported by the same Company from different parts of America, in 

 the shortness and greater stiffness of the hair. 



6. Cervus affinis, Pucheran, Compt. Rendus, Acad. Sci. 1849, 



777, not Hodgson. 



Hair very short, close-pressed, grey, minutely white grisled. 

 Hab. . Mus. Paris. 



7. Cervus Guidotii, Gay fy Gervais, Ann. Sci. Nat. 1846, 94. 



Horns lyrate, half the size of those of C. axis, and with only 

 a single basal posterior snag. 



Hab. New Grenada; M. Justin Guidot. Horns in Mus. Paris. 

 These two species are only known from the above descriptions. 



B. Horns simple. 



Subulidje, J. Brookes, Mus. Cat. 62, 1828. 

 Les Daguets, Blainv. ; Lesson, Man. Mam. 



5. COASSUS. 



Horns simple, rudimentary, shelving back. Ears short, broad, 

 rounded, nakedish. Tail short. The facial line rather convex. The 

 fur short, of the forehead (in both sexes) elongate, forming a 



