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Lepus othus: Arctic Hare 

 Lepus othus poadromus 



Russian: Zaisch (Buxton) 



Siberian (Chukchi?), Okhotsk, Gichiga, Marcova: Oo-skon (Buxton) 



Arctic hares are found throughout the Alaska Peninsula and 

 Bristol Bay region (which is the principal range). So far as we 

 know, none are found on Unimak Island. There is a specimen 

 in the Fish and Wildlife Service collection, which is understood to 

 have been collected by Kleinschmidt on June 9, 1913, on Popof 



Island which is rather surprising. We have no information of 



its presence on the Shumagins. 



In 1936, we found abundant signs of Arctic hares at Snag Point, 

 near Nushagak, and learned that they live in the alder thickets. 

 In 1925, I observed them at the west end of Alaska Peninsula 

 and obtained a specimen. There, too, they inhabited the thickets, 

 and in summer, when the vegetation was leafed out, they were 

 next to impossible to see, but they came out of the thickets in 

 the evenings to feed. 



Family CERVIDAE 



Cervus canadensis: Elk (Wapiti) 

 Cervus canadensis roosevelti 



The wapiti is not indigenous to Alaska, but it was introduced on 

 the Kodiak-Afognak Island group. At present, the animals are 

 mostly on Afognak Island, though individuals have crossed over 

 to Whale Island and Derenof Island. The original animals were 

 obtained from the Olympic Mountains in Washington. These elk 

 appear to be thriving in their new environment. 



Odocoileus hemionus: Black-tailed Deer 



Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis 



The Sitka black-tailed deer was introduced on Long Island, a 

 rather small island not far from Kodiak. This deer became 

 extremely abundant before 1935, then it began to die. A. W. 

 Bennett, who uses the island for fur farming, found many car- 

 casses, and he noted that raccoons, which he had placed on the 

 island, also were dying during that period. The surviving deer 

 were very poor. 



