MAMMALS 355 



bs In New ]\Iexico and Arizona 0. crooki. 



0. couesi. 



hi Texas to Dakota and westwards O. hemionus. 



bs On the Pacific slope O. Icucunis; 0. columhianus. 



O. virginianus (Boddaert). Virginia deer; white-tailed deer (Fig. 

 184). Color reddish chestnut in summer and grayish in winter; tail 

 white beneath; length 1,800 mm.; tail 280 mm.; hind-foot 520 mm.; 

 height at shoulder 925 mm.; length of antlers, outer curve, 600 mm.; 

 average weight of buck 200 lbs. ; extreme weight 400 lbs. : eastern and 

 central States; common in many forest regions, where it feeds on grasses, 

 leaves, buds, small shrubs, acorns, 

 etc. ; pairing time in the fall ; fawns, 

 usually 2 in number, born in May. 



Subspecies of O. virginianus 



O. V. virginianus (Bod.). \'imm'/\ 



Eastern States from Ontario to V ^i 



Florida and Louisiana; westward i Iffl^w / m r§ Wv 4wP 



to the Missouri River; Austral \ liW''/ 11/ *''^^'^»' ''■'"' ^ 



zone. >lill/ fit '^ 



O. V. borealis (Miller). Size ^.;w|||i s.l'(/| 3^ 

 larger; color gray in winter: /''f|fmi jjp\'d 



eastern States and Canada; /'Jli^K /%ffc^ ^1^ 

 Canadian zone. Fig. 37-Typicai xaiis. 



O. V. macrourus (Rafinesque). I'wh.tetaii. 



^ i- '' 2. Mule-deer. 



Size smaller; color paler: the Great ^ 3. coas. Biacktau. 



"■ , Fig. 184. — ^The tail (upper surface) of i, 



Plains; westward to the Rockies, OdocoUeus virginianus; 2, O. hemionus; 3, o. 



and to Oregon and Washington, coiumbianus (from Seton). 



O. V. louisiance (G. M. Allen). Size large; length 2,000 mm.; color 

 pale; antlers high and heavy: lowlands of Louisiana. 



O. osceola (Bangs). Florida white-tail. Color dark brown above; 

 flanks cinnamon; under parts white; length 1,600 mm.; tail 280 mm.: 

 Florida. 



0. texanus (Mearns) . Texas-white-tail. Color pale yellowish white ; 

 black line from crown to tail; under parts white; ear with black edge; 

 length 1,585 mm.; tail 265 mm.; height at shoulder 880 mm.: south- 

 western Texas and Mexico. 



0. leucurus (Douglas). Size small; colors pale: lower Columbia 

 River basin. 



O. crooki (Mearns). Crook's black-tail deer. Color reddish fawn; 

 tail long, flattened, black above and white beneath; length 1.440 mm.; 



