CERVIDyE 165 



J.- Odoeoileus virg-inianus mexicanus. 



Cervns mexicanus,* Lichtenstein, Darstellung . Thierc, pi. xviii, 

 1827-34, ex Pennant's Mexican Deer. 



Cariacus mexicanus, Lesson, Nouv. Tdbl. Regne Anim., Mamm. p. 173, 

 1842 ; Gray, Gat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 84, 1872, Hand-List 

 Ruminants Brit. Mas. p. 156, 1873 ; Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1878, p. 919 ; Alston, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Mamm. pp. 82 and 113, 

 1879 ; Sclater, List Anim. Zool. Gardens, p. 173, 1883 ; Flower 

 and Garson, Cat. Osteol. Mus. R. Coll. Surg. pt. ii, p. 323, 1884 ; 

 Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 2, p. 58, 1896, partim. 



Eeduncina mexicana, Fitzinger, Sitzber. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. 

 Ixviii, pt. 1, p. 357, 1873, vol. Ixxviii, pt. 1, p. 328, 1879. 



Cariacus virginianus mexicanus, Rhoads, Amer. Nat. vol. xxviii, 

 p. 524, 1894. 



Mazama americana mexicana, Lydekker, Deer of All Lands, p. 261, 

 1898, Great and Small Game of Europe, etc. p. 347, 1901. 



Dama lichtensteini, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. xvi, 

 p. 20, 1902. 



Odoeoileus mexicanus, Osgood, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. xv, 

 p. 87, 1902; Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 389, 1912. 



Odontoccelus lichtensteini, Elliot, Mamm. Mid. Amer. and W. Indies 

 (Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. iv), p. 72, 1904, Check-List Mamm. 

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



Mazama americana lichtensteini, Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, 

 p. 105, 1910. 



Mazama virginiana lichtensteini, Lydekker, Ward's Records of Big 

 Game, ed. 7, p. 103, 1914. 



Typical locality Valley of Mexico. 



Size small (shoulder-height about 33 inches); antlers 

 resembling those of typical race, but smaller ; general colour 

 in summer speckled foxy red, passing into speckled grey on 

 head and ears, and into pure foxy red on tail, which is 

 relatively short; chin, lower jaw, and throat (but not 

 muzzle) white, like under-parts ; in winter greyish or ashy 

 brown ; metatarsal tuft small, brownish bordered with white. 

 Antlers ranging from 11 J to 13 \ inches in length have been 

 measured. 



The distributional area probably includes a considerable 

 portion of Southern Mexico. 



681, e. Frontlet and antlers. Figured by Pennant, and 



* The use of this name has been regarded by Allen, Elliot, and 

 others, as being barred by " C. mexicanus," Gmelin, 1788 ; but it is 

 employed both by Osgood and Miller. 



