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t*Cervus merriami Nelson. 



1902, Cervus merriami Nelson, Bull. Anier. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



vol. 16, p. 7. January 16, 1902. 

 Type Locality. — Head of Black River, Wliite Mountains, 

 Apache County, Arizona. Altitude, about 9,000 feet. 



t*Cervus nannodes Merriam. 



1905. Cervus nannodes Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



vol. 18, p. 24. February 2, 1905. 

 Type Locality. ^Buttonwillow, Kern County, California. 



Genus ODOCOILEUS Rafinesque. 



1832. Odocoileus Rafinesque, Atlantic Journal, vol. 1, p. 109. 

 Autumn of 1832. Type, Odocoileus speleus Rafinesque = 

 Cervus virginianus Bodd^rt, or a closely related subfossil 

 form. 



For use of this name ia place of Cariacus Lesson (Nouv. tabl. regne animal, 

 p. 173, 1842) and Dorcelaphus Gloger (Gemeinn. Hand.-u. Hilfsb. der Natur- 

 gesch., p. 140, 1841) see Merriam. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wasliington, vol. 12, pp.99- 

 100, April 30, 1898. 



Subgenus EUCERVUS Gray. (Black-tailed Deer.) 



1866. Eucervus Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, vol. 18, 

 p. 338. October, 1866. Type, Cervus macrotis Say= C. hemi- 

 onus Rafinesque. 

 *Odocoileus columbiaaus columbianus (Richardson). (Columbian 

 Black-tailed Deer.) 



1829. Cervus macrotis var. columbiana Richardson, Fauna 

 Boreali-Americana, vol. 1, p. 257. 



1885. Cariacus columhianus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 

 (1884), p. 592. 1885. 



1898. Odocoileus columbianus Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, vol. 12, p. 100. April 30, 1898. 



Type Locality. — Mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon. 



t*0docoileus columbianus scaphiotus Merriam. 



1898. Odocoileus columbianus scaphiotus Merriam, Proc. Biol. 



Soc. Washington, vol. 12, p. 101. April 30, 1898. 

 Type Locality. — Laguna Ranch, Gabilan Range, San Benito 

 County, California. 



t*Odocoileus columbianus sitkensis Merriam. 



1898. Odocoileus columbianus sitl-ensis Merriam, Proc. Biol. 



Soc. Washmgton, vol. 12, p. 100. April 30, 1898. 

 Type Locality. — Sitka, Alaska. 



