Odocoileus peruvianus (Gray)

VOSS, ROBERT S., 2003, A New Species of Thomasomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Eastern Ecuador, with Remarks on Mammalian Diversity and Biogeography in the Cordillera Oriental, American Museum Novitates 3421, pp. 1-48 : 20

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0082(2003)421<0001:ANSOTR>2.0.CO;2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5605911

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scientific name

Odocoileus peruvianus (Gray)
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Odocoileus peruvianus (Gray)

SPECIMENS COLLECTED: None.

OTHER MATERIAL: The holotype of Odocoileus peruvianus consul Lönnberg is an adult female specimen ( NHRS A63 View Materials /0094) , collected by L. Söderström in 1920 at ‘‘Guamani on the road to Papallacta, altitude 12,000 feet’’ ( Lönnberg, 1922: 13; O. Grönwall, personal commun.). Additional specimens of white­tailed deer (AMNH 66743, 66744) were collected by H.E. Anthony between 4100 and 4300 m on Cerro Antisana in 1923.

TAXONOMY: Cabrera (1961) and most subsequent authors (including Grubb, 1993) treated Odocoileus peruvianus as a synonym or subspecies of O. virginianus , but all South American white­tailed deer appear to be diagnostically distinct from the latter species ( Molina and Molinari, 1999). Pending a comprehensive revision of the Neotropical forms of Odocoileus , I recognize peruvianus (with type locality in the Peruvian highlands) as a distinct species following Molina and Molinari’s (1999) provisional taxonomy.

REMARKS: White­tailed deer are said to be common throughout the páramo landscapes surrounding Cerro Antisana ( Black, 1982), but I did not observe any in the course of my fieldwork.

NHRS

Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Cervidae

Genus

Odocoileus

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