GENERAL NOTES 
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DATES OF SHEDDING OF ANTLERS 
The data on the shedding of antlers at the National Zoological Park in the 
November number of the Journal of Mammalogy were of intense interest to me 
and I append data on same in the Philadelphia Zoological Garden for the year 
1920: 
Axis deer {Cervus axis) March 19. 
Barasingha deer (Rucervus duvaucelii) April 1, 6. 
Virginia deer (Odocoileus virginianus) January 3; April 14. 
Black-tailed deer {Odocoileus columbianus) February 3. 
American elk {Cervus canadensis ) March 27, 28. 
European red deer {Cervus elaphus) March 10. 
Japanese deer {Sika nippon) April 12; May 2, 7. 
Kashmir deer {Cervus hanglu) April 30. 
Hog deer {Hyelaphus porcinus ) February 1. 
— C. Emerson Brown, Zoological Gardens, Philadelphia. 
NOTES ON NOMENCLATURE OP SOUTH AMERICAN MAMMALS 
Dasypus hybridus Desmarest. — This name should be cited from Desmarest 1804 
(Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., vol. 24, Tab. Meth. Mamm., p. 28, 1804) instead of 
from Fischer 1814 (Zoognosia, vol. 3, p. 126, 1814). 
Lama guanicoe Muller. — Molina’s name Camelus huanacus (Saggio sulla 
Storia Nat. del Chili, pp. 317-320, 342, 1782) for the large southern guanaco is 
antedated by Camelus guanicoe Muller (Natursyst. SuppL, p. 50, 1776). The 
southern form, therefore, should be known as Lama guanicoe and the small 
Peruvian guanaco described by Lonnberg (Archiv f. Zook, vol. 8, no. 19, p. 8, 
1913) becomes Lama guanicoe cacsilensis. 
Tayassu pecari Link. — Fischer’s specific name pecari (Zoognosia, vol. 3, pp. 
285-287, 1814) now commonly cited for the white-lipped peccary is antedated 
by Sus pecari Link (Beytr. z. Naturgesch., vol. 2, p. 104, 1795). The earlier ref- 
erence, therefore, should be used. 
Dasyprocta paraguayensis Liais. — Although provisionally and somewhat irreg- 
ularly proposed (Climats, Geol., Faune du Bresil, p. 536, 1872), this name is clearly 
based on Azara’s Acouti. As shown by Thomas, Azara’s animal is not the one 
named azarde by Lichtenstein but a smaller species which has been called felicia. 
This species, therefore, should take the name paraguayensis and Dasyprocta 
felicia Thomas (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., (8), vol. 20, p. 310, 1917) becomes a 
synonym. 
Sciurus boliviensis nom. nov. — This name is proposed as a substitute for Mac- 
roxus leucogaster Gray which is preoccupied by Sciurus leucogaster F. Cuvier 1831 
(Suppl. Hist. Nat., Buffon, vol. 1, p. 300, 1831). Cuvier’s name is a synonym 
of Sciurus aureogaster, which applies to a species of the subgenus Echino sciurus, 
while Gray’s name stands for a species of the subgenus Leptosciurus. For those 
who regard these groups as full genera, therefore, the leucogaster of Gray would 
not be invalidated by a previous leucogaster belonging to a different genus. If 
the respective groups are regarded only as subgenera, however, action as above 
is required. 
