WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN Lagopus leucmus 



PAST AND PRESENT DISTRIBUTION 



Kenai (penmsulans) 



g Northern ( leucurus) 



^H Vancouver ( saxotihs) 

 t^ Rainier ( romierensis; 

 ^ [o;:^ \ Southern ( Qltipetensl 



Range. — Above timberline in the mountains of 

 southern Alaska, western Canada, and western 

 United States, south to the southern Rooky 

 Mountains and northern Cascades. 



Habitat. — Rock-strewn alpine meadows above 

 timberline. 



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