Ozotoceros bezoarticus

Garbino, Guilherme S. T. & Nogueira, Marcelo R., 2017, On the mammals collected by Friedrich Sellow in Brazil and Uruguay (1814 – 1831), with special reference to the types and their provenance, Zootaxa 4221 (2), pp. 172-190 : 184

Ozotoceros bezoarticus (ZMB_MAM 2057)

This specimen, represented by a skull, is identifiable as male due to the presence of antlers ( Fig. 8 b). The skull is complete, but the right M1 is missing and the premaxillae are broken (MTR = 67.4 mm; MDL = 72.12 mm; BB = 63.65 mm; NL = 81.6 mm). The writing on the skull reads “ San Paulo Sello.”

Typical of open grasslands, this species probably has been extirpated in São Paulo ( Jackson 1987; Duarte & Vogliotti 2010). In this state, Natterer collected a male in Itararé ( Pelzeln 1883) and Carvalho recoded the species in Águas de Santa Bárbara ( Carvalho 1980). The locality is probably correct because the only area in São Paulo that Sellow visited and could have collected a specimen of O. bezoarticus , due to the presence of open grasslands ( Borgonovi & Chiarini 1965), is in the vicinity Itararé.

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FIGURE 8. Two Cervidae skulls collected by Sellow: a) Blastoceros dichotomus (ZMB _ MAM 2052); b) Ozotoceros bezoarticus (ZMB _ MAM 2057). See text for locality data.