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TPIE GUAZU-riTA. 
Subulo ruftis Smith. 
PLATE XVIII. 
^ Del Guazu-pita, Azara^ Apuntamienios^ i. p. 51 Cervus 
rufus, F. Cuvier and Desmarest The Pita Brochet, Su- 
bulo rufus. II. Smith ; Griff. Cuv. iv. p. 140.— LicA*'?!- 
steiii, Saagethiere, pi. xx., male, female, and young. 
First noticed by Azara, and named Iiy him as 
above, from the red colouring of the hair. They in- 
habit the low, moist woods, and are polygamous ; 
hence ten females are generally seen for one male, 
•which gave ri.se to the idea that South America pos- 
sessed deer without lionis at all. They are very 
fleet for a short time, but are easily tired and over- 
taken by dogs, and are sometimes taken with the 
lasso and balls. 
The height at the shoulders is about twenty-nine 
inches. The general colour of the body is a reddish- 
brown. The inside of the ears is whitish, the hairs 
very short. The same whitish colour surrounds the 
lips, the lower part of the head, and of the tail, the 
hinder part of the belly, the buttocks, and the inside 
of the fore legs, reaching to the knees. The females 
want the horns entirely, are nearly of the same red- 
