CERVUS. 



.>iiiii<li-iisi* oocidentalis (Smith). 



ili. II Smith, Griff. Cuv. Anim. Kingd., iv, 1827, 



p. 101. 



Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1897, p. 271. 



..: IClliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 

 I ; . C. M. Pub., ii, 1901, p. 34- Zof.l. Ser. 

 ; W.\I'ITI. 



Northwestern America. No definite locality given. 

 I >i."-t>-. \";in.-i.uv.-r Island. British Columbia; coast ranges 

 n, and Oregon to northwestern California. 



merriami \Ylson. 



iami NYls.. Hull. Am. Mus. Xat. Hist. N. Y., 1902, 



pp. I-I2. 



MKUKIAM'S WAPITI. 



T\ ;!it\'. Blaek River, White Mountains, Arizona. 



. Dislr. Nearly extinct. Formerly throughout the high 

 pi>rti"ii of the White and Mogollon Mountains of Arizona and New 

 M' N"\v limited to a small area of these. 



. e darker, head and legs more reddish than 



nsis, but paler than C. c. occidentalis . Nasals broader and 



Hatter; upprr nv-lar >rrii-s heavier and more curved. Antlers similar 



:>ut tines straighten 



mmer 1 Head above reddish chestnut brown, 



.n an'! ; top of neck, back, and sides grizzled yellow- 



liading into pale dingy yellowish on flanks; rump patch 



bordered on lower edge with seal brown; under 



! b"dy dark brown; legs dark reddish brown, paler on 



II ve, beneath, and on sides pale yellowish 



brown; head and d bn.wn, pale around eyes; ears whitish at 



inner M<!C of legs dark seal brown, 

 nnamon rufous. 



Skull : oci iput to front of premaxillae, 498; palatal 

 h of ; ; bn-adth of nasals, 83; orbital 



idth of pivmaxilke, ij^ ; zygomatic breadth, 203. 



{ >\. L\-r\ us iianiiDiles M, i ri 



Bioi. So, Wash., \viii, 1905, p. 23. 



: 



'ity. Kern County, California. 



olor pale; rump patch small; 

 in thai o| ( '. , , 



