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representing subgeneric groups, distinguished from one 

 another as follows : 



A. Well developed face -glands and lachrymal pits ; first 



lower incisor not markedly larger than second Pudu. 



B. Face-glands and lachrymal pits wanting ; first lower 



incisor much larger than second Pudella. 



1. SUBGENUS PUDU. 



Face-glands and lachrymal pits (fig. 32) well developed ; 

 first lower incisor not markedly larger than second ; pre- 

 maxilloB not reaching nasals ; muffle small ; hoofs normal. 



I. PUDU PUDU. 



Capra pudu, Molina, Saggia Storia Nat. Chili, p. 310, 1782. 



Cervus humilis, Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831, p. 27. 



Cervus (Pudu) humilis, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 242. 



Pudu humilis, Gray, Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 240, 1852, Proc. 



Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 105, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 93, 1872, 



Hand-List Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 163, 1873. 

 Pudu chilensis, Gray, Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. pi. xxxvi, 1852. 

 Cervus pudu, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 238. 

 Nanelaphus pudu, Fitzinger, Sitzber. 7c. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. Ixviii, 



pt. 1, p. 361, 1873, vol. Ixxix, pt. 1, p. 34, 1879. 

 Pudua humilis, Garrod, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 18 ; Brooke, ibid. 



1878, p. 927 ; de Winton, ibid. 1896, p. 510 ; Sclater, List Anim. 



Zool. Gardens, p. 174, 1883 ; Flower and Garson, Cat. Ostcol. 



Mus. B. Coll. Surg. pt. ii, p. 325, 1884 ; Flower and Lydekker, 



Study of Mammals, p. 330, 1891. 

 Coassus humilis, Riitimeyer, Abh. scliwciz. pal. Ges. vol. viii, p. 31, 



1881. 

 Pudua pudu, Lydekker, Deer of All Lands, p. 307, 1898, Great and 



Small Game of Europe, etc. p. 373, 1901. 

 Pudu pudu, PococJc, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 967 ; Thomas, Ann. 



Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, vol. xi, p. 588, 1913. 



PUDU. 



Typical locality Chilian Andes. 



Size very small shoulder-height ahout 13 J inches ; hair 

 reversed from a line running transversely across forehead in 

 front of ears ; tail short and bushy ; general colour speckled 

 grey-fawn, passing into bright chestnut on hinder two-thirds 

 of back; ears, lips, a patch above each eye, two areas of 

 variable size on forehead, fronts of fore-legs from knees 



