Vol. Ill] GRINNELL— MAMMALS OF CALIFORNIA 367 



Type locality — Mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon or 

 Washington. 



Synonym — FCervus lezvisii Peale, U. S. Exploring Exped., 

 8, 1848, "p. 39, pi. 9" (type from Feather River, Upper Cali- 

 fornia). 



Range — Northwest coast region chiefly in the Transition 

 and Boreal zones ; east throughout the inner coast ranges to 

 the Sacramento Valley, and at the north to and including 

 Mount Shasta and near vicinity; south to the north side of 

 San Francisco Bay. 



Odocoileus columbianus scaphiotus Merriam 

 Southern Black-tailed Deer 



Original description — Odocoileus columbianus scaphiotus 

 Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 12, April 30, 1898, p. 101. 



Type locality — Laguna Ranch, Gabilan Range, San Benito 

 County, California. 



Sy)iouyins — Odocoileus columbianus, part; Columbian 

 Black-tailed Deer, part. 



Range — Transition and high Upper Sonoran zones south 

 from San Francisco Bay through the Santa Cruz district at 

 least into Monterey and San Benito counties. In spite of 

 expressed doubts as to the existence of two recognizable forms 

 of the black-tailed deer within the state, material accumulated 

 in the collection of the California Academy of Sciences affords 

 basis for the belief that two races do exist (columbianus and 

 scaphiotus), with ranges as here defined (Rowley, MS). 



Odocoileus hemionus hemionus (Rafinesque) 



Rocky Mountain Mule Deer 



Original description — Cervus hemionus Rafinesque, Amer. 

 Monthly Mag., 1, October, 1817, p. 436. 



Type locality — Sioux River, South Dakota. 



Range — Eastern California, including main Sierra Nevada 

 south into Kern County and north to vicinity of Mount Lassen, 

 thence northeast through the Modoc region. Western limit 

 at extreme north. Mount Shasta (Rowley, MS). Not in the 

 desert ranges east of Owens Valley except in winter. Occurs 

 in summer on the high Sierras up to timberline ; in winter 

 most numerous in the foothills. 



