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Show 1878.] CLASSIFICATION OF THE CERVID.E. 923 12. CARIACUS CAMPESTRIS. Cervus campestris, F. Cuv. Diet. Sc. Nat. torn. vii. p. 484. ~> Licht. Darst. pl. 19 (1827-1834). > Hensel, Beitr. Kenntn. Saug. Siid-Bras. p. 96 (1872). Range. Paraguay, Uruguay, Buenos Ayres, N. Patagonia. Cariacus (Blastocerus) campestris. (FURCIFER, subgen.) 1850. Furcifer, Gray, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 236. Antlers the length of the head, with a strong brow-antler (fig. 17, a) curved forwards and upwards at a right angle to the simple beam (fig. 17, x), which is gradually attenuated to a sharp point. The entire beam is curved gently forwards. Lacrymal pit deep, but of moderate antero-posterior extension. Auditory bullae very slightly Fig. 17. Cariacus (Furcifer) antisiensis. inflated, their external surface rugose. Ascending rami of the articulating with the nasals. Free extremities of the nasals forming together a single point. Central incisors very slightly exceeding the pair next to them in size, and but slightly spatulate. Upper canines in both sexes. Rhinarium as in Cariacus. Stature medium. Distribution. South-western Neotropical region. 13. CARIACUS CHILENSIS. 1846. Cervus chilensis, Gay et Gerv. Ann. d. Sc. Nat. 1846, p. 91 1849. Capreolus leucotis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 64, Mamm. pl. |