NOETH AMERICAN LAND MAMMALS. 81 



t*Canis mearnsi Mcrriam. 



1897. Caiiis mearnsi Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



vol. 11, p. 30. March 15, 1897. 

 Type Locality. — Qiiitobaquita, Pima County, Arizona. 

 Range. — Lower Sonoran areas of northern Sonora and southern 



Arizona. 



Canis impavidus Allen. 



1903. Canis impavidus Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 



19, p. 609. November 12, 1903. 

 Type Locality. — Rio del Bocas, northwest Durango, Mexico. 



t*Canis ester Merriam. 



1897. Canis estor Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 11, 



p. 31. March 15, 1897. 

 Type Locality. — Noland's Ranch, San Juan River, San Juan 



County, Utah. 

 Range. — Lower Sonoran deserts of eastern California, Nevada, 



and Utah. 



f* Canis jamesi Townsend. 



1912. Canis jamesi Townsend, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 



31, p. 130. June 14, 1912. 

 Type Locality.— Tiburon Island, Gulf of California, Mexico. 



* Canis ochropus Eschscholtz. 



1829. Canis ochrojms Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlas, vol. 3, pp. 1-2. 



1897. Canis ochropus Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 11, p. 32. March 15, 1897. 



Type Locality. — California; specimens from Tracy, San Joa- 

 quin County, assumed to be typical. 



Range. — Lower Sonoran region of San Joaquin Valley, Cali- 

 fornia. 



t* Canis vigilis Merriam. 



1897. Canis vigilis Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 



11, p. 33. March 15, 1897. 

 Type Locality. — Manzanillo, State of Colima, Mexico. 

 Range — Arid tropical coast region of Colima, western Mexico. 



*Canis clepticus Elliot. 



1903. Canis clepticus Elliot, Field Columb. Mus., publ. 79, 



zool. ser., vol. 3, p. 225. June, 1903. 

 Type Locality. — Vallecitos, San Pedro Martir Mountains, 



Lower California, Mexico. Altitude, 9,000 feet. 

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