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ORDER CARMVORA. 



FAM. CANID/E. 



CAN IS. 



Canis lestes. 



Canis lestes Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.. 1897, p. 25. Elliot, 

 Syn. X. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 301. 



3 Specimens: 1 Whitney Creek. 1 Long Canon. 1 Big Cotton- 

 wood Meadows, Mount Whitney. 



I refer these three examples to this species, but without topo- 

 types to compare with, the identification of a number of these 

 coyotes is very unsatisfactory and uncertain. Mr. Heller savs 

 it is abundant in the high Sierras near Mount Whitney, from 

 the Transition Zone to timberdine. 



Canis estor. 



Canis estor Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1897. p. 31. Elliot, 

 Syn. X. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 302. 



1 Specimen, from Xeenach, Los Angeles County. 

 "Abundant in Antelope Valley, but throughout the drier parts 



of the Mohave they were seldom seen or heard. On the Pana- 

 mint Mountains the tracks were seen as high as 6,000 feet." 



Canis ochropus. 



Canis ochropus Eschsch., Zool. Atlas, 111, 1S29, pp. 1 2. pi. 11. 

 Elliot, Syn. X. Am. Mamm.. 1901, p. 303. 



2 Examples, from Fort Tejon. 



"In the vicinity of Fort Tejon this coyote was abundant, from 

 the summit of the Tehachapi Mountains to the floor of the San 

 Joaquin Vallev. In the hilly country their food consists largely 

 of juniper berries, wild cherries, and anv edible berry native 

 to the region." 



VULPES. 

 Vulpes arsipus. 



Vulpes arsipus Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus.. 111, 1903, 

 p. 256. 



6 Specimens: 4 Daggett, 1 Pilot Knob, 1 Wild Rose Spring. 



Chief! v a resident of the Mohave Desert, where, in certain 

 localities, it is quite numerous. "About the Mohave River near 

 Daggett, the Swift, as it is locally known, is common and appears 

 to replace the covote largely. It usually lives in burrows on 

 the level desert, or in the embankments of drv sand washes, in 



