154 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



Dorcelaphus, Gloger, Handbuch Naturgesch. p. 140, 1841 ; Lydekker, 



Deer of All Lands, p. 248, 1898 ; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, 



p. 962. 

 Cariacus, Lesson, Nouv. Tdbl. Regne Anim., Mamm. p. 173, 1842; 



Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 175, 1843, Cat. Ruminants 



Brit. Mus. p. 82, 1872 ; Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 918 ; 



Riitimeyer, Abli. schweiz. pal. Ges. vol. viii, p. 47, 1881. 

 Keduncina, Wagner, Schreber's Sdugthiere, Suppl. vol. iv, p. 373, 



1844; Fitzinger, Sitzber. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. Ixviii, pt. 1, 



p. 357, 1873, vol. Ixxviii, pt. 1, p. 312, 1879. 

 Macrotis, Wagner, loc. cit. 1844 ; nee Dejaine, 1833. 

 Eucervus, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, vol. xviii, p. 338, 1866, 



Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 85, 1872 ; Pocock, Prcc. Zool. Soc. 



1910, p. 966. 

 Otelaphus, Fitzinger, Sitxber. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. Ixviii, pt. 1, 



p. 356, 1873, to replace Macrotis. 



Gymnotis, Fitzinger, op. cit. vol. Ixxviii, pt. 1, p. 343, 1879. 

 Odocoelus, Allen, Amer. Nat. vol. xxxv, p. 449, 1901. 

 Dama, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. xvi, p. 19, 1902; nee 



H. Smith, 1827. 

 Odontoccelus, Elliot, Mamm. Mid. Amer. and W. Ind. (Field Mus. 



Zool. Pub. vol. iv) p. 70, 1904, Cat. Mamm. Field Mus. (ibid. 



vol. viii) p. 45, 1907, emendation of Odocoileus, as is also 



Odoccelus. 



Lateral metacarpals with only lower ends persisting ; 

 vomer high and dividing aperture of posterior nostrils into 

 two chambers ; antlers large, with the beam rising at a 

 marked angle to plane of face, and (when fully developed) 

 dichotornously forked, with a sub-basal snag, and the lower, 

 or front, prong of main fork projected from anterior edge 

 of beam and more or less developed at the expense of the 

 upper, or hind one, and more or less secondary forking of one 

 or both prongs ; face long and narrow ; muzzle with a large 

 naked area ; ears variable ; tail long or moderate, hairy below ; 

 coat uniformly coloured ; young spotted ; tarsal and usually 

 metatarsal glands present, the latter variable in form and 

 position ; gland-pits and face-glands very small ; main hoofs 

 well developed; hind-pasterns with a pocket-like gland, 

 which may also be developed in fore-feet ; upper canines 

 wanting; naviculo- cuboid of tarsus free from cuneiform. 

 Size medium or small. 



The deer included in the present genus are members of 

 a large exclusively American group, the classification of 

 which has given rise to much diversity of opinion; some 

 writers, like Brooke, inclining to include the whole group, 



