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DISTRIBUTION OF MULE DEER IN CALIFORNIA 



Of the five forms of mule deer now recognized in California (see 

 distribution map, Fig. 47) three forms, the Rocky Mountain, Inyo, and 

 burro deer occur chiefly or entirely east of the crest of the Sierra 

 Nevada. The other two forms, the California and southern mule deer 

 inhabit the Pacific drainage of the Sierra Nevada. The Rocky Mountain 

 mule deer is found in northeastern California, chiefly in Modoc and 



DISTRIBUTION OF BLACK-TAILED 

 AND MULE DEER IN CALIFORNIA 



Co/umh/on B/ock-^oi/ed Deer 

 Southern S/ocA--!'o//ec/ Deer 

 PocAy Moaniain /^u/e Deer 

 Co///orn/o Mo/e Deer 

 Burro Deer 

 /nyo A/fu/e Deer 

 7 !§§§§§§! 3ou-fhern Mu/e Deer 



Joseph S Dijfon- 1934 



Fig 47. Map showing author's concept of distribution of mule deer and coast 



black-tailed deer in California. 



Lassen counties and then south along the eastern flank of the Sierra 

 Nevada to Mono Lake. The Inyo deer occurs along the eastern 

 declivity of the southern Sierra Nevada, extending from Owens Lake 

 north to the head of Owens Valley, thence swinging east to include the 

 White Mountains of extreme eastern California. The burro deer 

 formerly ranged over western Imperial County but was driven out of 

 that region by settlement of the Imperial Valley and is now (1933) 



