. Mammals of the Mexican boundary of the United States : a descriptive catalogue of the species of mammals occurring in that region; with a general summary of the natural history, and a list of trees . Mammals; Mammals; Trees; Trees; Natural history; Natural history. 176 BULLETIN 56, UNITED STATES .NATIONAL MUSEUM. fl< I. "H .1" .V. â I ' ,1 1 I mm 1 Fig. 10.âTail of Odocoileus couesi. (Cat. No. 20574, ) a, UN- DER surface; &, UPPER SURFACE. the tails are worn, the dark brown color of the bases of the hairs is exposed; and near the tip this dark color is almost always
. Mammals of the Mexican boundary of the United States : a descriptive catalogue of the species of mammals occurring in that region; with a general summary of the natural history, and a list of trees . Mammals; Mammals; Trees; Trees; Natural history; Natural history. 176 BULLETIN 56, UNITED STATES .NATIONAL MUSEUM. fl< I. "H .1" .V. â I ' ,1 1 I mm 1 Fig. 10.âTail of Odocoileus couesi. (Cat. No. 20574, ) a, UN- DER surface; &, UPPER SURFACE. the tails are worn, the dark brown color of the bases of the hairs is exposed; and near the tip this dark color is almost always seen. The feet present a grizzled mixture of fawn- color, drab, and white, which is whollj^ different from their coloring in summer. The hoofs are usually black, sometimes horn-color at their points; but one speci- men has the front hoofs horn-color throughout. The metatarsal gland (fig. 11) is small. The head lacks the blackish horseshoe mark which the face of the mule deer exhibits, its color being similar to that of the back. There are white or grayish-white areas occupying the chin, throat, lips, end of muzzle, space around orbits, and at base and inside of ears. The eyelashes and edge of lids are black, and there are black spots behind and at each side of the naked muffle, and at each side of the lower jaw. The ears are gray on convex surface, white on the inside, the white extending a short distance around on the outer surface at base pos- teriorly ; they are without black edges or tips. There is considerable variation in the coloring of different individuals in winter. Some have rusty yellowish markings about the forehead, horns, and below and in front of the eyes. An old male (No. 58862, ), with mature horns, killed in the Santa Catalina Moun- tains, November 18, 1893, lacks reddish colors on the head, Avhich has just received the winter coating, all of the hairs being acutely pointed, and most of them having white tips, which produces a peculiar effect of hoa
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