ODONTOCCELUS. 40 



Odontoccelus hemionus Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 76. Zool. Ser. 

 Mule Deer. 



Type locality. "Sioux River," probably on eastern border of 

 South Dakota. 



Geogr. Distr. West of Missouri River from Fort George south to 

 Texas, westward through Nevada to latitude of San Francisco, in- 

 cluding North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Colo- 

 rado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, California, Oregon, and Washing- 

 ton; Lower California, Mexico. 



a. Odontoccelus heinionus virgultus (Hallock). 



Cariacus virgultus Hallock, Forest and Stream, 27th May, 1899, 

 p. 404. 

 Minnesota Mule Deer. 



Type locality. Minnesota. 



Geogr. Distr. Northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Mani- 

 toba, Rainy River, Lake of the Woods, Red Lake, and Roseau Region. 



Genl. Char. Tail short, thick, uniform throughout its length. 

 Antlers small, allied to O. hemionus. 



Color. Body dark gray sprinkled with long black and white 

 hairs; rump light gray; forehead black; face and throat light gray; 

 breast and belly jet black; tail white on basal half, black on remainder; 

 hocks tawny. 



Measurements. Male. Height of shoulders, three feet five inches; 

 nose to end of tail, five feet; girth of body, four feet; around neck, 

 two feet. Antlers smaller than those of the Mule Deer. 



b. Odontocodiis hemionus calif ornicus (Caton). 



Cervus macrotis var. californicus Caton, Amer. Nat., x, 1876, p. 464. 



Odo'coileus! hemionus californicus Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 

 F. C. M. Pub., II, 1901, p. 43. Zool. Ser. 



Odontoccelus hemionus californicus Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & 

 W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 77. Zool. Ser. 

 California Mule Deer. 



Type locality. St. Julian Ranch, summit of Gaviota Pass, Coast 

 Range, forty miles from Santa Barbara, California. 



Geogr. Distr. In the Coast Range south of San Francisco into 

 Lower California, Mexico. 



c. Odontoccelus hemionus eremicus (Meams). 



Dorcelaphus hemionus eremtcus Meams, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 XX, 1897. p. 470. 



