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114. *Ovis dalli (Nelson). 



Ovis montana dalli Nelson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, p. 12. 



Ovis dalli Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 

 p. 47, Zool. Ser. 

 Ball's Mountain Sheep. 



Type locality. Fort Reliance, Upper Yukon River, Alaska. 



Geogr. Distr. Alaskan Mountains, to near the Arctic coast west 

 of the Mackenzie River, and south possibly to north latitude 60° 

 and westward to Kotzcbue Sound. 



a. * Ovis dalli kenaiensis Allen. 



Ovis dalli kenaiensis Allen, Bull, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1902, p. 145. 

 Kenai Mountain Sheep. 



Type locality. Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 



Geogr. Distr. Limits of range unknown. Probably not restricted 

 to the Kenai Peninsula. 



Genl. Char. Color white. Skull: posterior nares short; teeth 

 broad and short ; tooth rows convex outwardly ; palate broad ; upper 

 side of tail white. 



Color. White. 



Measurements. Skull: base of postoccipital process to third upper 

 molar, 84; posterior nares, 58-60. 



115. *Ovis fannini Hornaday. 



Ovis fannini Hornaday, Rep. N. Y. Zool. Soc, 1901, Append, i, 

 p. 2. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 

 Append., p. 425. Zool. Ser. 

 Fannin's Mountain Sheep. 



Type locality. Rocky Mountains east side of the Yukon about 

 seventy-five miles east of Dawson, Yukon, N. W. Territor}'. 



Geogr. Distr. In the mountains above named, but the extent of 

 range unknown. 



Genus 46. Ovibos. Musk Oxen. 



Ovibos De Blainv., Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1816, p. 76. Type 

 Bos moschatus Zimmermann. 



116. Ovibos moschatus (Zimmermann). 



Bos moschatus Zimm., Geog. Geschichte, 11, 1780, p. 86. 



Ovibos pallantis H. Smith, Griff. Anim. Kingd., iv, 1827, p. 375. 



♦The relative specific standing of these sheep is not yet satisfactorily 

 established. 



