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American Deer 



i. Thk Dorcelaphine Group — Sub-Genus Dorcelaphus 



Mazama, H. Smith, in Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. v. p. 314 (1827), 

 nec Rafinesque, 1 8 1 7. 



Dorcelaphus* Gloger, Handbuch Naturgescliic/ite, p. 140 (1841, title-page 

 dated 1842). 



Cariacus, Lesson, Nouv. Table Hist. Nat. p. 173 (1842) ; Gray, List 

 Mamm. Brit. Mas. p. 175 (1843), Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 237, Cat. 

 JJngulata Brit. Mas. p. 33 (1852), Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mas. p. 82 (1872) ; 

 Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 918 ; Riitimeyer, Abh. schweiz. pal. Ges, 

 vol. viii. p. 47 (1 881). 



Reduncina, Wagner, in Schreber's Saugethiere, vol. iv. p. 373 (1844), as a 

 sub-genus; Fitzinger, SB. Ak. IVien, vol. lxviii. part i. p. 357 (1873), 

 lxxviii. part i. p. 312 (1879). 



Macrotis, Wagner, he. cit. (1 844), as a sub-genus, nec Macrotis, Dej. 1 833. 



Eucervus, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, vol. xviii. p. 338 (1866), 

 Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 85 (1872). 



Otelap/ius, Fitzinger, SB. Ak. Wien, vol. lxviii. part i. p. 356 (1873), to 

 replace Macrotis. 



Gymnotis, Fitzinger, op. cit. lxxviii. part i. p. 343 (1879). 



Characters. — Antlers generally large and complex, with a sub-basal snag, 

 and the lower, or anterior, prong of the main fork more or less developed 

 at the expense of the upper, or posterior prong. Metatarsal gland and tuft 

 usually present. Tail long or moderate, and hairy below. Face very long 

 and narrow ; the face-gland very small, and the gland-pit in the skull of 

 moderate extent. Upper canines wanting. Size relatively large. Fawns 

 normally spotted. 2 



Distribution. — The Western Holarctic, Sonoran, and northern portion of 

 the Neotropical region. 



1 The priority of this name is pointed out by Mr. Thomas in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. xv. 

 p. 193 (1895), but Mr. Bangs, Proc. Soc. Washington, vol. x. p. 25 (1896), observes that "as 

 Dorcelaphus is undoubtedly also antedated by other names, it seems advisable to keep the well-known 

 name Cariacus until this point is definitely settled." The possibility of Anogloclns being the proper 

 term, is mentioned on page 238. 



2 A Virginian deer hind at Woburn Abbey gave birth to a pair of fawns in 1897, one of which was 

 spotted and the other uniformly coloured. 



