RUMINANT! A-CERVINAE-—CERVUS MEXICANUS. 
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List of specimens. 
Catalogue number. 
Corresp’g No. of skull. 
Sex and age. 
Locality. 
When col¬ 
lected. 
Whence and how ob¬ 
tained. 
Original number. 
Nature of 
specimen. 
Measurements. 
Collected by— 
Nose to occiput. 
Nose to tail. 
Tail to end of vert. 
Tail to end of hairs 
? 1478 
Steilaooom, W. T „... ._ 
Dr. G. Suckley. 
Piece of skin 
1889 
2587 
oQ 
Medicine Bower.*W.Fork 
Sep. 6,1856 
Lt. F. T. Bryan.. 
322 
Skin. 
9.50 
40.00 
8.00 
10.00 
W. S. Wood... 
2585 
o <$ 
Spilth Platte,,,,, T - 
Sep. 9,1856 
327 
....do. 
9.00 
33 50 
8.00 
11.00 
...... do... 
1888 
2586 
oSQ 
Sep. 10,1856 
329 
....do. 
10.50 
39.50 
8.50 
10.50 
.do. 
1885 
2583 
$ 
328 
....do. 
17.58 
78.00 
12.00 
15.00 
.do. 
1886 
2584 
9 
Sep. 7,1856 
326 
_do. 
12.50 
51.00 
9.00 
13.00 
.do. 
1891 
2589 
oQ 
Platte liver. 
Julyl8,1856 
120 
....do. 
8.00 
37.00 
7.00 
8.50 
? 1890 
2588 
o 
Republican Fork.. 
Oct. 9,1856 
375 
....do. 
13.25 
59.00 
11.00 
13.50 
.do........ 
1837 
2879 
¥ 
Sep. 5,1856 
Sep. 8,1858 
Lt. G. K. Warren...... 
Ur.F.V.Hayden 
1839 
2878 
O 
Whito ri.ror 
2038 
2873 
o 
Vellowstone_......... 
Aug., 1856 
....do. 
1831 
? 1714 
o 
July 4,1856 
fJapt. .T. Pope.......... 
203 
CERVUS MEXICANUS, Gmelin. 
Sonora Deer. 
Cervus mexicanus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 179. 
Lichtenstein, Darstellung, 1827-1834 ; pi. xviii. 
Wagner, Suppl. Schreber Saugt. IY, 1844, 378.— Ib. V, 1855, 375. 
Pccheran, Mon. duCerf, Archiv du Mus. VI, 1852, 362. 
* Giebel, Saugt. 1855, 340. 
Cervus ( Mazama ) mexicanus, Sundevall, K. Sv. Vet. Ak. Handl. for 1844, 182 .—Ib. Archiv Skand. Beit. 1850, 135. 
(original description.) 
Sp. Ch.— Resembling C. virginianus in horns and general characters, but smaller. Color varying but little with season ; ashy 
or grayish brown, pointed with light gray annulation to the hairs. Tail but little longer than the ears, white beneath and on 
the sides ; whitish with yellowish rufous tinge above, except near base, where it is like the back. Gland on hind leg as long a 
the bone is thick. 
The single specimen collected of this deer is of very small size, though fully adult, as shown 
hy its suckling a fawn when killed. No experiment was made as to its weight, but this could 
not have exceeded TO pounds, as Dr. Kennerly, after killing it, threw it across a mule with perfect 
ease. 
The general impression conveyed of this deer is that of Cervus virginianus in winter dress, 
though the specimen was killed in May, and in summer fur. The head is slender and delicate. 
The ears are moderately long and rather unusually broad; they measure 5^ inches above the 
notch and 4^ in width. They are rather thinly coated with hairs on both sides, though the hairs 
are much longest on their concavity or interior. 
The larmiers are not very large, and the space between them and the eye is covered with short 
velvety hairs. There are no appreciable peculiarities in the form of the muzzle. 
The tail is short, but little longer than the ears ; it measures only about 7 inches to the tips 
of the hairs, and about four to five to the end of the bone. It is depressed and hairy beneath. 
The hoofs are rather short and broad. In the hind foot the width of the side, measured along 
