CERVID.E 163 



Odocoileus osceola, Miller and Eehn, Proc. Boston Nat. Hist. Soc. 



vol. xxx, p. 17, 1901 ; Stone and Cram, American Animals, p. 39, 



1903; Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 389, 19] 1. 

 Odocoileus americanus osceola, Elliot, Synop. Mamm. N. Amer. 



(Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. ii) p. 40, 1902. 

 Odontoccelus americanus osceola, Elliot, Check-List Mamm. N. Amer. 



etc. (Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. vi) p. 44, 1905. 



Typical locality Citrus County, Florida. 



About one-third smaller than typical race, and much 

 darker, general colour mixed dark and pale brown; with 

 little or no difference in colour between winter and summer 

 coats, both of which are short and fine; tail dark reddish 

 brown tipped with cinnamon; cheek-teeth relatively large, 

 and certain differences in nasals and maxillae from those of 

 typical species. 



The range appears to be restricted to the Floridan 

 Peninsula. 



No specimen in collection. 



G. Odocoileus virginianus texanus. 



Dorcelaphus texanus, Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. xii, 

 p. 23, 1898. 



Odocoileus texanus, Seton- Thompson, Forest and Stream, vol. li, 

 p. 286, 1898 ; Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 389, 1912. 



Odocoileus texensis, Miller and Rehn, Proc. Boston Nat. Hist. Soc. 

 vol. xxx, p. 17, 1901 ; Elliot, Synop. Mamm. N. Amer. (Field. 

 Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. ii) p. 40, 1902 ; Stone and Cram, American 

 Animals, p. 39, 1903. 



Mazama americana texana, Lydekker, Great and Small Game of 

 Europe, etc. p. 346, 1901. 



Odontoceelus americanus texensis, Elliot, Mamm. Mid. Amer. and 

 W. Indies (Field. Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. iv, p. 70, 1904), Check- 

 List Mamm. N. Amer. etc. (ibid. vol. vi) p. 45, 1905, Cat. Mamm. 

 Field Mus. (ibid. vol. viii) p. 47, 1907. 



Typical locality Fort Clark, Tinney County, Texas. 



Type in U.S. National Museum, Washington. 



Size small ; antlers small, strongly incurved and of the 

 same character as those of typical race ; general colour pale 

 reddish, with margins and tips of the short ears and upper 

 side of tail black; cheek-teeth relatively large. In winter 

 top of head black and sides grey, a black dorsal stripe, and 

 general colour mingled yellowish white and grey, becoming 

 dusky on chest. 



No specimen in collection. 



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