52 OREAMNUS. 



Family IV. Bovidse. Oxen, Sheep, (iroat$$. 



Subfamily I. Rupicaprinee. 



Genus 44. Oreaiiinus, Goats. 



Oreamnosl Rafin., Amer. Month. Mag., 11, 1817, p. 44. Type 

 Ovis montanus Ord. 

 Aplocerus (sic) H. Smith, Griff. Anim. Kingd., v, 1827, p. 354. 



110. Oreamnus montanus (Ord). 



Ovis montanus Ord. Guth. Geogr., 2d Amer. ed., 11, 1815, p. 292. 



Oreamnus montanus Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. 44, pis. XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX. Zool. Ser. 

 Mountain Goat. 



Type locality. Cascade Range near Brant Island, Columbia 

 River, Oregon. 



Geogr. Distr. High elevations in Rocky Mountains and other 

 ranges between them and the Pacific, to southern British Columbia. 

 Not found on the Olympic Mountains, Washington. 



a. Oi'eainnits montanus columbianus Allen. 



Oreamnos! montanus columbianus Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist 

 N. Y., 1904, p. 20. 

 Columbian Mountain Goat. 



Type locality. Shesley Mountains, northern British Columbia. 



Genl. Char. Size large, skull narrow. 



Color. White. 



Measurements. Femur to humerus, 914; height at shoulder, 1088. 

 Skull: occipito-nasal length, 336; Hensel, 293; zygomatic breadth, 

 119; interorbital width, 98; width of maxillary region above second 

 tipper molar. 87; nasals, 122x38; palatal length, 184; length of 

 upper tooth row, 77; ratio of interorbital breadth to basal length, 35; 

 hoof, outer digit on fore foot, 74x35; outer digit on hind foot, 

 66x33. 



h. Oreamnus montanus missoula' Allen. 



Oreamnos! montanus missoulcB Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 N. Y., 1904, p. 20. 

 Missoula Mountain Goat. 



Type locality. Missoula, Montana. 



Genl. Char. Size small; skull narrow. 



Color. White. 



Measurements. Skull: occipito-nasal length, 299; zygomatic 

 breadth, 108; interorbital width, 87; width of intermaxillary region 



