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Range — Interior of northern California; vicinity of Mount 

 Shasta south to Pitt River, in Shasta County (Merriam, 

 supra cit.). 



Lynx eremicus eremicus Mearns 



Desert Wildcat 



Original description — Lynx rufus eremicus Mearns, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., 20, January 12, 1897, pp. 457, 458. 



Type locality — New River, 6 miles northwest of Laguna 

 Station, Colorado Desert, Imperial County, California. 



Synonyms — Desert Lynx, part ; Fclis rufa creniica. 



Range — Lower Sonoran zone on the Colorado and Mohave 

 deserts, north at least to Needles, west to Victorville, San 

 Bernardino County (Mus. Vert. Zool.). 



Lynx eremicus californicus Mearns 

 California Wildcat 



Original description — Lynx rufus californicus Mearns, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 20, January 12, 1897, p. 458. 



Type locality — San Diego, California. 



Synonyms — Lynx californicus; Lynx eremicus, part; Desert 

 Lynx, part ; Felis rufa calif ornica. 



Range — Sonoran, Transition, and lower Boreal zones 

 throughout the greater portion of the state west and north 

 of the desert proper, and south and east of the northern coast 

 belt (Mus. Vert. Zool.). Northernmost record along the 

 Sierra Nevada: Baird, Shasta County (Merriam, N. Amer. 

 Fauna, 16, 1899, p. 104). 



Order PINNIPEDIA 



Family OTARIIDAE 



Zaiophus californianus (Lesson) 



California Sea Lion 



Original description — "Otaria californiana Lesson, Diet. 

 Class. Hist. Nat., 13, 1828, p. 420." 

 Type locality — "California." 



