MAMMALS 359 



Subspecies of O. canadensis 



O. c. canadensis Shaw. Arizona and New Mexico north into 

 Canada, and eastern Oregon and Washington. 



0. c. californiana (Douglas). Color darker: Cascade Mountains. 



O. c. auduhoni Merriam. Size large; skull and horn massive: Bad 

 Lands district of the upper Missouri. 



O. c. gaillardi Mearns. Size small; color ecru drab; feet very small: 

 low desert ranges in the Austral zone south of the Gila River, Arizona. 



O. c. sierrcs (Grinnell). Much paler; length 1,450 mm.; tail 120 

 mm.; hind foot 375 mm.: southern California. 



0. c. texiana Bailey. Color dull buffy brown; rump patch pure 

 white; length 1,530 mm.: Guadalupe Mountains, Texas and New 

 Mexico. 



0. c. nelsoni (Merr.). Color pale brown; rump patch white; length 

 1,280 mm.; tail 100 mm.; hind foot 360 mm.; height at shoulder 830 

 mm.: desert mountain ranges of southern California, Nevada and 

 Mexico. 



3. Oreamnos Rafinesque. Body stout; legs short; horns small, 

 curving slightly backwards; chin with a beard; nose hairy; hair long: 

 2 species in northern America, i in Alaska. 



O. americanus (Blainville). Mountain goat. Color yellowish 

 white; horns and hoofs black; length 1,650 mm.; tail 160 mm.; height 

 at shoulder 1,000 mm.; length of horns 250 mm.; dentition 0/4, 0,0, ^' ^, 

 3/3; number of young at a birth i or 2: high Rockies and Cascades 

 to Alaska. 



