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Family CERVID^. 



Subfamily Cervin^e. 



Genus CERVUS Linnaeus. 



1758. Cervus Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 66. Type, 

 Cervus elaphus LiNNiEUs. 



*Cervus canadensis canadensis (Erxleben). 



1777. [Cervus elaphus] canadensis Erxleben, Syst. liegni Aiiim., 



vol. 1, p. 305. 

 1783. Cervus canadensis Schreber, Saugthiere, vol. 5, pi. 246a. 

 1885. Cervus canadensis True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 



(1884), p. 592. 1885. 

 Type Locality. — Eastern Canada. 



*Cervus canadensis occidentalis (Hamilton Smith). 



1827. C[ervus] occidentalis Hamilton Smith, Griffith's Ciivier, 

 Animal Kingdom, vol. 4, p. 101. 



1865. C[ervus] canadensis occidentalis Blyth, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1865, p. 618. 

 tl897. Cervus roosevelti Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 11, p. 272. December 17, 1897. (Mount Elaine, on 

 ridge between heads of Hoh, Elwah, and Soleduc Rivers, 

 near Mount Olympus, Clallam County, Washington.) 



1898. Cervus canadensis occidentalis Lydekker, The Deer of all 

 Lands, p. 101. 



Type Locality. — Extreme western North America. 



t*Cervus merriami Nelson. 



1902. Cervus merriami Nelson, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



vol. 16, p. 7. January 16, 1902. 

 Type Locality. — Head of Black River, White Mountains, 

 Apache County, Arizona. Altitude, about 9,000 feet. 



t*Cervus nannodes Merriam. 



1905. Cervus nannodes Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



vol. 18, p. 24. February 2, 1905. 

 Type Locality. — Button^^^llow, Kern County, California. 



Genus ODOCOILEUS Rafinesque. 



1832. Odocoileus Rafinesque, Atlantic Journal, vol. 1. p. 109. 

 Autumn of 1832. Type, Odocoileus speleus Rafinesque = 

 Cervus dama americanus Erxleben, or a closely related sub- 

 fossil form. 



For use of this name in place of Cariacus Lesson (Nouv. tabl. r^ne ani- 

 mal, p. 173, 1842) and Dorcelaphus Gloger (Gemeinn. Hand.- u. Hilfsb. der 

 Naturgescli., p. 140, 1841) see Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 12, 

 pp. 99-100, April 30, 1898. 

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