On the mammals collected by Friedrich Sellow in Brazil and Uruguay (1814 – 1831), with special reference to the types and their provenance
Author
Garbino, Guilherme S. T.
Author
Nogueira, Marcelo R.
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.248623
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1175-5326
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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.