cERVm.i: 187 



Burmeitter, Descript. PJiys. Rcpub. Argent, vol. iii, p. 480, 1879 ; 



Goeldi, Mnmmiferos do Brasil, p. 106, 1893, Mem. Mas. Gocliii, 



pt. iii, p. 5, 1902. 

 Cervus palustris, Deswoidins, Diet. Class. Hist. Nat. vol. iii. p. 379, 



1823. 

 Cervus (Mazama) paludosus, H. Smith, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, 



vol. v, p. 316, 1827. 

 Ma/ama paludosa, Jardine, Naturalist's Libr., Mamm. vol. iii, p. 173, 



1835. 

 Dorcelaphus paludosus, Glogcr, Handbuch Naturgeschichte, p. 140, 



1841. 

 Cariacus paludosus, Lesson, Nouv. Tabl. Regne Anim., Mamm.p. 173, 



1842; Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 922; Flower and 



Li/dekkcr, Study of Mammals, p. 329, 1891 ; Lydekker, Horns 



and Hoofs, p. 343, 1893, An. Mus. La Plata, Pal. Argent, vol. ii, 



p. 80, 1893 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 2, p. 57, 1896. 

 (?) Mazama furcata, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 176, 1843. 



Cervus (Elaphus Blastocerus) paludosus, Wagner, Schreber's Sdug- 



thiere, Suppl. vol. iv, p. 367, 1844. 

 Cervus (Blastocerus) paludosus, Sundevall, K. Svenska Vet.-Ak. 



Handl. 1844, p. 182, 1846 ; Ihering, Mammiferos de Sao Paulo, 



p. 14, 1894. 

 Blastoceros paludosus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 237, Cat. 



Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 224, 1852, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. 



p. 87, 1872, Hand-List Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 157, 1873; 



Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 266, 1862 ; Fitzinger, 



Sitzber. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. Ixviii, pt. 1, p. 359, 1873, 



vol. Ixxviii, pt. 1, p. 350, 1879. 



Cariacus palustris, Lydekker, Royal Nat. Hist. vol. ii, p. 387, 1894. 

 Mazama dichotoma, Lydekker, Deer of All Lands, p. 283, 1898. 

 Mazama (Blastoceros) dichotoma, Lydekker, Great and Small Game 



of Europe, etc. p. 363, 1901 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, 



p. 110, 1910, ed. 7, p. 108, 1914. 



Blastocerus dichotomus, Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 966. 

 MARSH-DEER ; VEADO GALHEIRO GRANDE ; GUAZUPUCO. 



Type of genus. 



Typical locality Brazil. 



Largest of South American deer, the size being approxi- 

 mately that of a red deer, but the build more slender ; antlers 

 large and rugose, with both prongs of main fork dividing 

 more than once, and* upper prong usually larger than lower 

 one ; muzzle bluntly pointed ; ears large, and filled internally 

 with woolly white hair; tail bushy; coat long and coarse, 

 without radiating whorls on back and neck ; general colour 

 in summer bright rufous chestnut, in winter brownish red, 

 becoming lighter on flanks, neck, and chest ; legs black from 



