164 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



H. Odoeoileus virginianus couesi. 



Cariacus virginianus, var. couesi, Coues and Yarrow, Rep. Geogr. and 

 Geol. W. of 100th Merid. vol. v, p. 72, 1875. 



Dorcelaphus couesi, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. vii, 

 p. 200, 1895. 



Odoeoileus couesi, Seton- Thompson, Forest and Stream, vol. li, 

 p. 286, 1898 ; Stone and Cram, American Animals, p. 39, 1903 ; 

 Elliot, Synop. Mamm. N. Amer. (Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. ii) 

 p. 40, 1901 ; Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 387, 1912. 



Mazama americana couesi, LydeTtker, Great and Small Game of 

 Europe, etc. p. 346, 1901. 



Odontoccelus americanus couesi, 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. 



Typical locality Crittendan Camp, Pima County, Arizona. 



A small desert-form, with antlers like those of typical 

 race ; general colour in summer dull fawn, with a tinge of 

 ochre, passing into mouse-grey on back, and tawny or 

 reddish brown on flanks and upper side of tail. 



The range includes Arizona and the Sonoran district of 

 Mexico, extending as far south as the Gila Valley and the 

 forest-tracts near Mexico City. 



No specimen in collection. 



I. Odoeoileus virginianus battyi. 



Odoeoileus battyi, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. xix, p. 591, 

 1903 ; Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 387, 1912. 



Odontoccelus battyi, Elliot, Mamm. Mid. Amer. and W. Indies (Field 

 Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. iv), p. 71, 1904, Chech-List Mamm. N. Amer. 

 etc. (ibid. vol. vi) p. 45, 1905. 



Typical locality Eancho Santuario, State of Durango, 

 Mexico. 



Type in American Museum of Natural History, New 

 York. 



Generally similar to 0. v. couesi, but with antlers bent 

 more sharply outwards, and, in skull, lachrymal vacuities 

 smaller, nasals wider and less arched, basisphenoid more 

 wedgelike, and cheek-teeth larger; general colour grey 

 brown ; tail grizzled white and brown. 



No specimen in collection. 



