84 OVIS. 
Body stout; legs rather short; neck of moderate length; nose 
narrow, pointed, small naked space between nostrils, rest hairy; 
chin beardless; ears small, pointed, upright, hairy; tail short, pointed; 
lateral hoofs present; glands present between hoofs, and often on face 
below eyes; canon bones long and slender; skull broadest between 
eyes, then narrowing rapidly to nose; horns curving backward and 
then downward in a majestic sweep, tips everted, transverse ridges 
prominent. 
KEY TO THE SUBSPECIES. ican 
A. Above whitey brown? acme cn. eee O. c. cremnobates 84 
B.Above drab: brompttc cl: s. 0 ica ee eatin eee O.c. mexicanus 86 
Fie. XXVI. OviS Cc. CREMNOBATES. OLD RAM. 
eervina eremnobates (Ovts), Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., 111, 
1903, p. 239. Zodlogy. 
LOWER CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN SHEEP. 
Type locality. Mattomi, San Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower 
California, Mexico. 
Geogr. Distr. San Pedro Martir and probably the Laguna Moun- 
tains, Lower California, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Resembling O. c. nelsont from the Grape Vine 
Mountains, boundary of Nevada and Lower California, but ol: @ 
much lighter color, the head of a three-year-old ram being nearly 
white, with a very small caudal patch not divided from color of 
upper parts by any perceptible line; fore part of legs almost black, 
