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Odocoileus hemionus californicus (Caton) 

 California Mule Deer 



Original description — Cerviis macrotis var. califoniicus 

 Caton, Amer. Nat., 10, August, 1876, p. 464. 



Type locality — Near Gaviota Pass, 40 miles westward from 

 Santa Barbara, in Santa Barbara County, California. 



Range — Upper Sonoran and Transition zones of southern 

 California west of the desert proper, from the Mexican line 

 northwest through the San Diegan district at least to San Luis 

 Obispo County, and east through the Tejon region to the 

 Tehachapi Mountains. 



Odocoileus hemionus eremicus (Mearns) 

 Burro Deer 



Original description — Dorcelaphus hemionus eremicus 

 Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 20, February 11. 1897, pp. 

 470. 471. 



Type locality — Sierra Seri, Sonora, Mexico, near Gulf of 

 California. ' 



Synonym — Desert Mule Deer. 



Range — Lower Sonoran zone on the Colorado desert, for- 

 merly north along tlie Colorado River at least to the vicinity 

 of Palo Verde, and northwest around Salton Sea ; now rare or 

 entirely wanting north of the Mexican line. 



Family ANTILOCAPRIDAE 



Antilocapra americana americana (Ord) 



Prong-horn Antelope 



Original description — "Antelope americana Ord, Guthrie's 

 Geo., 2nd Amer. ed.. 2, 1815, pp. 292, 308." 



Type locality — On the plains and highlands of the Missouri 

 {nde Miller and Rehn, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 30, 1901, 

 p. 20). 



Range — Formerly nearly throughout the state south and 

 east of the humid coast-belt and below the Boreal zone ; chiefly, 

 however, on the interior plains and valleys both east and west 

 of the desert divides. Now only isolated bands exist : in the 

 Modoc region, in the southern San Joaquin Valley on the west 



