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American Deer 



to the angle of the mouth ; under-parts pure white ; tail pale reddish 

 brown above, with the tip and lower surface white. The antlers appear 

 to be very similar to those of the last, and measure just short of 7 inches in 

 the tvpe. 



This deer, of which the type specimen is preserved in the museum at 

 Berlin, seems to be one of the most distinct of the group, and was regarded 

 by Sir Victor Brooke as probably entitled to specific rank, which view may 

 be correct. It was raised to the rank of a genus by Fitzinger on account 

 ot the absence of the metatarsal tuft, but toltecus shows that such a distinc- 

 tion cannot be maintained. If the latter be classed only as a race, it seems 

 almost necessary to follow the same course in the present instance. 



Fitzinger's C. columbicus, founded on antlers described by Pucheran 

 from Bogota, Colombia, is considered by its founder to be probably identical 

 with savannarum, but the locality suggests the present form. 



Distribution. — Colombia. 



j. Savanna Race — Mazama Americana savannarum 



Cervus savannarum, Cabanis and Schomburgk, Reisen Brit. Guiana, vol. 

 iii. p. 785 (1848) ; Gray, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 84 (1872), as a 

 synonym of mexicanus. 



Reduncina savannarum, Fitzinger, SB. Ak. Wien, vol. Ixviii. part i. 

 p. 358 (1873), lxxviii. part i. p. 242 (1879). 



Cariacus savannarum, Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 920 ; Matschie, 

 Mitt, geogr. Ges. Lubeck, 1894, p. 130. 



Characters. — Another small, short-antlered race, of which the type is 

 preserved in the museum at Berlin. In many respects it is stated to be 

 intermediate between the Virginian and Colombian races, the general 

 colour of the pelage being clear grayish brown speckled with white. 

 From the former it differs by its greatly inferior size, smaller antlers, and 

 shorter tail ; from the latter by the hairy external surface of the ears and 

 the presence of the metatarsal gland and tuft. The under lip is stated to 

 be peculiar in having only a single dark spot on each side, totally uncon- 

 nected with any other markings. 



Distribution. — Guiana and probably the whole Orinoco basin. 



