NO. 5 MAMMAL', 01 1'ANAMA (iOl.DMAN / 'j 



••mil. rothtchildi from chiriquttuii <>\ H" adjacent im.hu 

 land ! I nil oi ii"- two forms, "i comparable age and k i hibit 

 cIok conformity In moil characters, but ii"- disparity In site and 

 apparent absence "i any trace oi Intergradation leemi to warrant 

 1 1,.- mi oi b ipe< ill- name foi the iiland animal 

 \,r, in,, ir - amined ( oibs [i landi | ' 



Ottttti ma/ama ReflassejM Brocket 01 Fori I Deei 

 The forest deer of the genus Masawa an mall ipeciei with antleri 

 reduced to simple ipikei not exceeding halt the length oi the head 

 i be body I heavy foi i o mall an animal but tin limb an ei 

 ilendei The metatarial gland, usually present In Odocoiltu 

 ,i. « mi mi thii genu 



MA/AMA IAKTOHI1 UKVKUTH'AA (iuJdtnaji 



I .hi., i Zorw Fori I Deer; ( sbi i di Monti 



M(i::niii(i i, in, i rtp$rticia Goldmj •>, ' mithi MUi I oil,, \ r o\ '■•■ p - - . 



February ;; [913 1 ppi from Gstun, ( snsl Zone, Panama 



The little fon 1 deer, 01 brocket, known t<* natives oi the I anal 

 v.<>u<- and i" ' osts Rii an 1 s " • abrs de monte," I a smallei animal 

 than the white-tailed deei and the antlers oi the male are ihort 

 unbranched pil ■ as pointed out In tin remarl on the genus The 

 eai are short and rounded The tail is white on the undei id 

 In ill- so < ailed white tailed deei , but ii nol 1 onspfr uously shown ai 

 in thai animal when running away, Unlike the white-tailed deei 

 which favors th< forest borders, or partially < leared areas, the brocket 

 prefers thicketi in remote parts oi tl' r i<<i«-.i 1 ii«- ■jm.iII ii.m! . 

 •//<)■ - < 11 in ,.n I-, u. pla< ■ and the I anal Zone subspi cies is assumed 

 i<> be the rathei common form Inhabiting ii'«- unbroken for( 

 especially of the eastern and northern parts of the republic, but owing 

 to extreme shynesi is seldom leen and few examples an available 

 for stud) M rtperticia differs from M tartorU of Mexico in 

 somewhat largei lizc and in duller much less rufescent coloration 

 A richei reddish colored form, m. ctfasina Hollister, recently 

 described from Talamanca, ' osta Rica, may replace M r, rtptrMcia 

 In parts oi western Panama [n the Middle American brockets the 

 orbital areas and much <>\ the face Is rusty reddish; in Mq&qmm 

 brkenii 1 nomas and othei ' >outh Amei V an pei u . aside I rom othei 

 differential characters, the face including the orbital areai is wry 

 darl bi own <>i blai V ii h 



1 ' '<>)!• -i Hon Amer, Mu I >> 1 Hit, 

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