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essential characters, that it may be only a variety of cli- 

 mate ; for with the exception of the colour, and character 

 of the wool and long hair, which are the natural compa- 

 nions of a severe climate, we may ascribe the rest to the 

 residence of the present species within the Tropics, and 

 where even the Andes are comparatively low. On the 

 other hand, ruminating animals do not seem in a state of 

 nature, to extend themselves over latitudes of extreme dif- 

 ferent temperatures ; if they are found so sometimes geo- 

 graphically, it will be observed, that they have followed 

 high chains of mountains, where the difference was locally 

 not considerable. In that paper the Mazama is noticed as 

 inferior in bulk to a domestic goat, but higher on the legs ; 

 in aspect resembling a small lean sheep, with soft hair in- 

 stead of wool ; the horns about six inches long, obscurely 

 annulated at base, dark-coloured, round, bent back, and 

 pointed; the ears rather large; the head thick, and the 

 neck short ; the nose shaped as in sheep ; the colour pale 

 rufous-brown ; the inside of the limbs, breast, and chin, 

 dull yellowish-white, and darkish gray beneath the eyes 

 and about the nostrils ; the tail thick and short ; the legs 

 rather stout ; the hoofs black, and the whole animal some- 

 what heavy in its proportions. These characters agree 

 with the Mazame of Seba, table xlii., figure 3 ; and on re- 

 ferring to the unique-coloured copy of the work in the 

 British Museum, we find it there pale chestnut-brown, 

 paler beneath, the cheeks pale, with a dark longitudinal 

 spot beneath the eye, and the horns black. 



We have lately seen several horns which appear to belong 

 to this animal, said to have been brought from Panama. 

 The above description was cursorily made from a specimen 

 killed by the Mosquito Indians in the rocky forests not 

 far from the River St. Juan, and the Lake of Maracaibo. 

 It may be the Pudu of Molina, but that author's ac- 

 count seems to agree better with the next, if that 



