THE DEER OF AMERICA. 



To the First Class of the Second Division of the First Group of 

 Ruminants I have assigned the Cervidae. On this continent they 

 are more widely distributed, and more numerous than either of 

 the other members of the group, while in some other parts of 

 the world they are excelled in numbers by those assigned to the 

 First Class of the First Division. 



There are native of North America, eight distinct and well 

 defined species of the Genus Cervus, namely : — 



1. Cervus Alces. 

 Moose Deer. 



2. Cervus Canadensis. 

 Wapiti Deer. American Elk. 



3. Cervus Tarandus. 

 "Woodland Caribou. Reindeer. 



4. Cervus Macrotis. 



Mule Deer. 



5. Cervus Columbianus. 

 Columbia Black-tailed Deer. 



6. Cervus Virginianus. 

 Common or Virginia Deer. 



7. Cervus Tarandus Aectica. 

 Barren-ground Caribou. Reindeer. 



8, Cervus Acapulcensis. 

 Acapulco Deer. 



There may be and probably are, several other distinct species 

 in Mexico and Central America, but I am not sufficiently in- 

 formed to speak of them with assurance ; so I leave them as 

 proper subjects for future investigation, and confine myself to 

 those of which I can speak with some confidence. 



It will be observed that I retain the reindeer in this genus, 

 following Cuvier, for instance, leather than go with Hamilton 



