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Taxonomy
Cervus dichotomus was named by Illiger (1815). It is extant.
It was recombined as Blastocerus dichotomus by Hershkovitz (1982), Pinder and Grosse (1991); it was recombined as Blastoceros dichotomus by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
It was recombined as Blastocerus dichotomus by Hershkovitz (1982), Pinder and Grosse (1991); it was recombined as Blastoceros dichotomus by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1815 | Cervus dichotomus Illiger |
| 1982 | Blastocerus dichotomus Hershkovitz p. 8 |
| 1991 | Blastocerus dichotomus Pinder and Grosse p. 1 |
| 2008 | Blastoceros dichotomus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 978 figs. Fig. 5 |
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Blastocerus dichotomus Illiger 1815 [marsh deer]
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| L. Pinder and A. P. Grosse 1991 | Blastocerus dichotomus (Fig. 1) is the largest of the South American deer (Cabrera and Yepes, 1940). A straight basicranium and the antlers distinguish Blastocerus from the other Odocoileini. Antlers of adult marsh deer have four tines, which are never pointed inward as in Odocoileus (Fig. 2). The main beam bifurcates near the base, and each prong is again bifurcated, a condition rarely seen in Ozotoceros (Groves and Grubb, 1987; Jack- son, 1987). The legs of adult Blastocerus are black up to the radius or tibia and pelage of the young is unspotted. The two toes of the hoof are bound by a strong membrane, and can be spread up to 10 cm apart. No other South American deer attains such interdigital amplitude (Hofman et al., 1976). |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pleistocene | Paraguay | Blastocerus dichotomus (71292) | |
| Holocene | Argentina (Entre Ríos) | Blastocerus dichotomus (212781) |