NORTH AMERICAN RUMINANTS 



reduced to a single tine only a few inches in length. This Deer 

 belongs to a South American group of the genus Mazama, not 

 represented north of southern Mexico. 



VIRGINIA DEER 



From the group in Local Collection, American Museum 



In brief, there are between twenty-five and thirty species of 

 small Deer found in North America, including Mexico, of which 



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