MAMMALS OF THE MEXICAN BOUNDAKY, 



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27. — Odocoilels he.mionus califoknu us. Skull 

 OF YOUNG MALE. (Cat. No. 60906, U.S.N.M.) 



ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS CALIFORNICUS (Caton). 

 CALIFORNIA MULE DEER. 

 CcrrKs inacrotis var. culifurnicus Caton, Amer. Nat., X, Aug. ISTG, p. 41)4. 

 OdoeoilcKS hemionus caUfornicus, Thompson, Forest and Stream, LI, Oct. 



8, 1808, p. 286.— Miller and Rehn, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, XXX, 



No. 1. I'JOl. p. 10 (Syst. Results Study N. Am. Mam. to close of 1000). 

 [Odocoileus he»iionus] caUfornicus, Elliot, Field Col. Mus., Zool. Ser., II, 



1001, p. 43 (Synop. Mam. N. Am.). 

 [Odontocaliis hemionus] caUfornicus Elliot, Field Col. Mus.. Zool. Ser., IV, 



Pt. 1. 1004. p. 77 (Mam. Mid. Am.). 



Ti/pc-locdlitij. — Near (laviota Pass, 40 miles from Santa r)arbara, 

 California. 



Geographical range. — Sonoran and Transition zones of the Pacific 

 Coast Tract. California and 

 Lower California. 



Description. — A larg-e deer, 

 which, at first sight, appears 

 to be very distinct from other 

 members of the group; bnt 

 specimens in the U. vS. Na- 

 tional Musenm show inter- 

 mediate characters suggesting 

 intergradation with the forms living to the eastward. A male (No, 



()0!)0(), U.S.N.M,) killed May 28, 

 181)4. near the sunnnit of the Coast 

 Range Mountains, at Monument 231, by 

 Jeremiah E, Crabb, blacksmith, was in 

 nearly complete summer pelage, only 

 retaining the grayish winter hair on 

 the hinder part of the rump, bordering 

 on the white of the buttocks, and scat- 

 tered tufts of hair on the neck, back, 

 and sides. General color of upper parts 

 vinaceous cinnamon, becoming more 

 yellowish on the limbs, and darker on 

 the back from the presence of black tips 

 to the hairs. The head is fawn color on 

 sides, gray on base of ears and on muz- 

 zle anterior to the eyes. The edges of 

 the lips, end of chin, and middle of 

 throat are white. The end of the muz- 

 zle, around the naked muzzle and nos- 

 „ 5 trils, is black ; and there are three black 



Fic. 2.S.— oDoroiLEvs HEMIONUS cALi- spots ou tlic uuderjaw, one on each 



FuRNKUs. „, Tail, fpper surface, ^5,^^^ j,, f^.^^^^^ ^^ ^|^^ .^ .j^ ^^ ^j^^ 



/). TAIL, UNIlER SURFACE, _ ^ _ _ 



inoiitli. and one in the median line 

 near the end of the chin. The ears are coated within with long, 



