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Type locality — Fort Vancouver, Clarke County, Washing- 

 ton "(see Miller, Smithsonian Misc. Colls., 59, 1912, pp. 2, 4). 



Sy)ioiiy)ns — Cauls mexicanus; Caiiis nubilis; Caiiis lupus 

 grisco-albus; Gray Wolf. 



Range — Northern California, and south along the Sierra 

 Nevada. Now rare or extinct. The number of records (e. g., 

 Price, Zoe, 4, 1894, p. 331) and reports from the region 

 specified carries conviction that a wolf of some form has 

 occurred as above indicated. But lack of specimens brings 

 doubt as to the race represented. 



Canis latrans lestes Merriam 



Mountain Coyote 



Original description — Canis lestes Merriam, Proc. Biol. 

 Soc. Wash., 11, March 15, 1897, pp. 25, 26. 



Type locality — Toyabe Mountains, near Cloverdale, Nye 

 County, Nevada. 



Range — Transition and Boreal zones of the Modoc region, 

 west to Mount Shasta (Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna. 16, 1899, 

 p. 103) and south along the Sierra Nevada at least to Monache 

 Meadows, Tulare County (Mus. Vert. Zool.). 



Canis ochropus ochropus Eschscholtz 



California Valley Coyote 



Original description — Canis ochropus Eschscholtz, Zool. 

 Atlas, 3, 1829, pp. 1, 2, pi. 11. 



Type locality — Tracy, San Joaquin County, California 

 (fixed by Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 11, 1897, p. 2,2). 



Synonyms — Canis mearnsi; Mearns Coyote; Valley Coyote. 



Range — Throughout California west of the high Sierra 

 Nevada, and south through the San Diegan district and in- 

 cluded mountains to the Mexican line. Zone, chiefly Lower 

 and Upper Sonoran. locally Transition. There is probably 

 a slightly differentiated race in the San Diegan district (re- 

 ferred to Canis mearnsi by Stephens, Calif. Mammals, 1906, 

 p. 216). 



Canis ochropus estor Merriam 

 Desert Coyote 



Original description — Canis estor Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. 

 Wash.. 11, March 15, 1897, pp. 31, 2,2. 



