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Subiilo rufus, Fitzinger, op. cit. vol. Ixviii, p. 360, 1873, vol. Ixxix, 



p. 11, 1879. 

 Cariacus rufus, Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 925 ; Sclater, List 



Mamin. Zool. Gardens, p. 174, 1883 ; Lydehker, Horns and Hoofs, 



p. 348, 1893. 

 Cervus (Coassus) rufus, Ihering, Mammiferos de Sao Paulo, p. 15, 



1894. 

 Mazama rufa, LydehTcer, Deer of All Lands, p. 800, 1898, Great and 



Small Game of Europe, etc. p. 370, 1901. 

 Mazama inornata, Lydehher, Beer of All Lands, p. 306, 1898. 

 Mazama americana, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, vol. xi, 



p. 585, 1913 ; Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1914, p. 15 ; 



Lydehher, Ward's Becords of Big Game, ed. 7, p. Ill, 1914. 



Bed Brocket ; Veado Paedo or Vbado Matbieo. 



The type species. Also type of Homelaphus. 



Typical locality Guiana. 



Size relatively large, and build heavy ; height at shoulder 

 about 27 inches ; hair of middle line of nape generally 

 reversed; general colour shining brownish red (rufous), 

 sometimes with minute dark tips to the hairs ; sides of neck 

 and flanks reddish grey ; throat, under surface of upper part 

 of neck, and inner sides of thighs whitish grey ; tail 

 brownish red above, white below and at tip ; a small whitish 

 streak on rump ; a large spot on front of lower lip and a 

 smaller one on each side of upper lip below nose white; 

 antlers yellowish white ; lachrymal pits relatively shallow ; 

 premaxillffi usually articulating with nasals. 



The range extends from Guiana to Paraguay and Eio 

 Grande do Sul. 



The two local races are distinguishable as follows : — 



A. Size larger; skull longer (205 to 210 mm.) M. a. americana. 



B. Size smaller; skull shorter (202 mm.) M. a.jucunda. 



A. — Mazama americana americana. 



Typical locality Guiana. 



General characters those of the species ; skull relatively 

 long. 



The range includes Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, and 

 Paraguay. 



684, a. Skeleton, mounted. South America. 



Purchased {Brandt). 



1037, a. Skull, with antlers. Bahia, Brazil. No history. 



