224 Field Columbian Museum — Zoology, Vol. III. 



Lepus martirensis. 



Lepus martirensis. Stowell, Proc. Calif. Acad. Scien., v., 1895, 

 p. 50. 



5 Specimens: 4 St. Eulalia, 1 Rosarito, San Pedro Martir Mts. 



This species was said to occur about La Grulla, but was not taken 

 there. It is, says Mr. Heller, "abundant below the pine belt, the 

 lower part of which it enters and ranges to a height of 8,000 feet." 



ORDER CARNIVORA. 



FAM. FELID/E. 



FELIS. 



Felis rufa californica. 



Lynx rufus californicus. Mearns, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1897, xx., p. 



458- 



Felis rufa californica. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 298. 



2 Specimens: 1 ad., 1 juv., Hanson Lagoon. Hanson Laguna 

 Mountains. 



FAM. CANID^. 



CAN IS. 

 Canis mearnsi. 



Canis mearnsi. Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1897, p. 30. 

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



5 Examples: 2 El Alamo, San Pedro Martir Mountains; 2 Hanson 

 Lagoon and 1 Calobozo, Hanson Laguna Mountains. 



In my Synopsis of North American Mammals, p. 303, I remarked, 

 concerning the described forms of coyote, that " It is difficult to dis- 

 tinguish these varieties of the coyote by any description, and still 

 more so by the skins or skulls." There are seventeen specimens 

 of coyotes in the collection procured by Mr. Heller, and any one 

 who should attempt to allot each one to its respective species, unaided 

 by either skins or skulls of topotypes of the described forms, would 

 be deeply impressed by the force of the above statement. The 

 distinctions made by Dr. Merriam in his paper on the coyotes 

 (1. c.) are mainly comparative between the various forms recognized 

 by him, and if one has not authenticated specimens of these, it is 

 practically impossible to determine what species his examples rep- 

 resent. My friend, Dr. A. K. Fisher, acting chief of the Biological 

 Survey, Washington, kindly forwarded to me specimens of C. 

 mearnsi, C. estor and C. peninsula, and by the aid of these I have 



