1878.] CLASSIFICATION OF THE CERVIDJS. 919 



hair on the inner surface of the limb at the tarsal joint. Rhinarium 

 as in Cerous. Tail long. Stature medium. Young spotted. 



Distribution. Nearctic and northern portions of the Neotropical 



(a) Antlers non-dichotomous. Lacrymal of moderate depth. 



1. Cariacus virginianus. 



1774. Cervus virginianus, Bodd. Elench. An. vol. i. p. 136 (non 

 vidi). 



1788. , Gm. L. Svst. Nat. p. 179. 



1857. , Baird, N.-Amer. Mamm. p. 643, figs. 12, 13. 



Range. From Maine all over the United States east of the Mis- 

 souri (Baird). 



2. Cariacus leucurus. 



1829. Cervus leucurus, Dougl. Zool. Journ. vol. iv. p. 330. 



1857. , Baird, N.-Amer. Mamm. p. 649, figs. 14-18. 



1873. , Walsingham, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 561. 



Range. N. California, Oregon principally east of the Cascade 

 Mountains (Walsingham), Washington, Dakota west of the Mis- 

 souri, Nebraska (Baird). 



3. Cariacus mexicanus. 



1827-1834. Cervus mexicanus, Licht. Darst. d. Thiere, Taf. 18. 



1827. Cervus nemoralis, Ham. Sin., Griff. An. Kingd. vol. iv. 

 p. 137, plate. 



1857. , Baird, N.-Amer. Mamm. 653. 



Range. Texas, Mexico, Sonora (Baird) ; Guatemala, Honduras, 

 Nicaragua (Sulvin) ; Costa Rica (Saussure) ; Panama (Salvin). 



Lichtenstein's types, d 1 et $ Mae. Berlin. 



The name Cervus mexicanus was originally given by Gmelin (Syst. 

 Nat. p. 179) to the Mexican deer of Pennant, described in his 

 ' Quadrupeds,' p. 110. The description and dimensions given by 

 Pennant are reconcilable with the Cervus mexicanus of Lichtenstein ; 

 but the antlers figured by him (plate xi. figure 3) are certainly not 

 referable to the same form. They appear rather to represent ab- 

 normal antlers of Cariacus macrotis. The specimens described by 

 Lichtenstein were obtained by Graf von Sack in Mexico, and are in 

 all particulars thoroughly typical of the Deer inhabiting the localities 

 I have given in the range of this species. 



I give the dimensions of a female specimen collected by Mr. Salvin 

 in Guatemala, and of the antlers of a male collected by the same 

 gentleman in the same locality. The latter resemble in every par- 

 ticular antlers collected by Mr. Salvin in Nicaragua and Panama. 

 There are not more than six points, inclusive of the brow-antler, on 

 both antlers in any of the specimens cullected between Guatemala 

 and Panama ; but I have seen specimens from Mexico and Texas 

 with eight and ten tines ; and one splendid specimen collected by 

 Mr. Dresser near Friedrichsburg in Texas has as many as fifteen. 



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