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V. osceoi 

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Aria of Intergradation 



Map illustrating approximate distribution of races of the Virginia or White-tailed Deer in eastern 

 North America. The central white area indicates the portion of its former range where it is now practi- 

 cally extinct. 



Odocoileus virginianus (Bodd.). Type locality — Virginia. Description as pre- 

 viously given. 



Odocoileus V. horealis (Miller). Type locality — Bucksport, Maine. Range and 

 description as previously given. 



Odocoileus v. macrourus (Rafin.). (Amer. Month. Mag., I, 1817, p. 436.) Type 

 locality — Plains of Kansas River. General color, paler. 



Odocoileus v. louisiance G. Allen. (Amer. Nat., XXXV, 1901, p. 449.) Type 

 locality — Mer Rouge, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. 

 Size of virginianus; color in winter, pale; skull, long and slender. 



Odocoileus osceola (Bangs). (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., X, 1896, p. 26.) Type local- 

 ity — Citronelle, Citrus Co., Florida. 

 Decidedly smaller than louisiance, the color darker and horns smaller. 



