A Partial List of the Mammals of the 

 Claremont Region 



I.KON L. GARDNER 



Since little or nothing has been published on mammals of this 

 region it was deemed advisable to print a list even though very in- 

 complete and based on preliminary and limited collecting in order 

 to ha\e some definite forward step in this much neglected line. 

 Some of the mammals listed below iia\e not been collected by us 

 but are known to occur. I'hanks are (.iue Mr. H. S. Swaith for his 

 kind aid in identification of some of the skins collected. 



Bears of course ha\e long since disappeared but still ha\e left 

 their reputation among old mountaineers. Fhe story goes that a 

 bear, perhaps the last one, was killed at Bear Flats on the trail to 

 "Old Baldy," hence the name. 



Odoioileiis licm'ioniis ciilifurinis. (Caton.) California Mule 

 Deer. Fairly conmion through Upper Sonoran and Transition 

 zones. They have been taken as low as the mouth of San Dimas 

 canyon. Fhe recently established game preserve assures an in- 

 crease In the future. Already they seem to have sensed the protec- 

 tion for on May 19, 1916, we were surprised to find just 75 feet 

 before us a large tloe on the auto road not far above the first power 

 house. 



Ovis Ciinailnisis nclsoiiif C. M. Merriam. Merriam Desert 

 Bighorn. Mountain sheep have lived for years in the higher peaks 

 abo\e Claremont but being \ery shy and in inaccessible and little 

 Irequented parts have escaped attention \ery successfully. Rumor 

 has it that Mountain Goats are found with the sheep but I beliese 

 this to be unfounded, having been originated probably by the sight 

 of the smaller horned females and young. The area occupied by 

 the sheep is a very definite one and comprises the peaks Ontario, 

 Cucamonga, Telegraph, St. Antonio ("Old Baldy"), and Iron 

 Mountain with their high rocky intervening ridges. Of the points 

 mentioned the first three peaks are the favored ones. I found only 

 a few tracks on Iron Mountain and a rumor of a pair of horns 

 found there some twe or eight years ago. "Old Baldy" being too 



