33. Ovis. 



I. ?z?; c. °-=^; P. i^-'; M. ^^=3 = 32. 



4-4 0-0' J-.l .^-3 -" 



Ovis. Linn. Syst. Nat., 1766, p. 97. Type O. amnion, 'LAnn.} 



Body stout, legs rather short; neck of moderate length; nose nar- 

 row pointed; small naked space between nostrils, rest hairy; chin 

 beardless; ears small, pointed, upright, hairy; tail short, pointed; lateral 

 hoofs present; glands between hoofs present, and often on face below 

 eyes; canon bones long and slender. Skull broadest between eyes, 

 then narrowing rapidh' to nose. Horns curving backwards and then 

 downwards in a majestic sweep: tips averted; transverse ridges prom- 

 inent. 



66. cervina {Oris), Desm. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., 1804, p. 5; nouv. 

 ed., 1818, xxl, p. 553. 



canaiiensis, Shaw, Nat. Misc., 1S04, ? pi. 610. 



amnion, Mitch, (nee Linn.), Med. Rep., 1807, p. 35. 



montana, Cuv. (nee Ord.), Regn. Anim., i, 1817, p. 267. 



pygarga, H. Smith, Griff. Anim. King., 1827, p. 318. 



calif ornianus, Dougl. Zool. Journ., 1828, p. 332. 



Type locality. Rocky Mountains between the Kootenai Pass and 

 Mount Mead, N. lat. 50" W., long. 115, Alberta. 



Geogr. Distr. High mountain ranges from the Colorado River 

 and Arizona north into British Columbia. 



Genl. Char. Size large; ears broad, pointed, moderately haired; 

 no mane; caudal disk large, conspicuous; horns massive in the male, 

 thick, keel on outer front edge, tips usually broken in adult animals 

 and directed forward; spiral short. Horns of female short, ribbed at 

 base pointing backward and outward. 



Color. Above grayish brown, dark line along center of the back; 

 face ashy gray, neck grayish brown tinged with plumbeous; under- 

 parts, buttocks, inner side of legs, on each side of base of tail and 

 upper part of throat whitish; legs dark grayish brown; tail above like 

 the back. 



Autumn Pelage. General color a bluish gray white, the hairs are 

 short, changing as they lengthen to the coat described above. 



Measurements. Height at withers, 1000-1070; girth around chest, 

 1170-1245. 



Horns: Length along front curve, 928-1143: basal circumfer- 

 ence, 356-458. 

 n.—nelsoni. (Oris), Merr, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1897, p. 217. 



Typelocaliiv. Grapevine Mountains, boundary line of Nevada and 

 California. 



Geo^r. Distr. Limits of range not defined. Grapevine Range. 



