42 CERVUS. 



a. Cei'viis canadensis occidentalis (Smith). 



Cervus occidentalis H. Smith, Griff. Cuv. Anim. Kingd., iv, 1827, 

 p. lOI. 



Cervus roosevelti Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1897, p. 271. 



Cervus canadensis occidentalis Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 

 F. C. M. Pub., II, 1901, p. 34. Zool. Ser. 

 Pacific Coast Wapiti. 



Type locality. Northwestern America. No definite locality given. 



Geogr. Distr. Vancouver Island, British Columbia; coast ranges 

 of Washington, and Oregon to northwestern California. 



90. Cervus merriami Nelson. 



Cervus merriami Nels., Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1902, 

 pp. 1-12. 

 Merriam's Wapiti. 



Type locality. Black River, White Mountains, Arizona. 



Geogr. Distr. Nearly extinct. Formerly throughout the high 

 portion of the White and Mogollon Mountains of Arizona and New 

 Mexico. Now limited to a small area of these. 



Genl. Char. Nose darker, head and legs more reddish than 

 C. canadensis, but paler than C. c. occidentalis. Nasals broader and 

 flatter; upper molar series heavier and more curved. Antlers similar 

 to those of C. canadensis but tines straighter. 



Color. Sufnmer Pelage. Head above reddish chestnut brown, 

 paler on crown and sides; top of neck, back, and sides. grizzled yellow- 

 ish brown shading into pale dingy yellowish on flanks; rump patch 

 dingy yellowish white bordered on lower edge with seal brown ; under 

 side of neck and body dark brown; legs dark reddish brown, paler on 

 sides. 



Winter Pelage. Body above, beneath, and on sides pale yellowish 

 brown; head and neck seal brown, pale around eyes; ears whitish at 

 base,, liver brown on outer side; inner side of legs dark seal brown, 

 outer side cinnamon rufous. 



Measurements . Skull: occiput to front of premaxillae, 498; palatal 

 length, 288; length of nasals, 183; breadth of nasals, 83; orbital 

 breadth, 194; breadth of premaxillae, 99; zygomatic breadth, 203. 



91. Cervus nannodes Merriam. 



Cervus nannodes Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xviii, 1905, p. 23. 

 San Joaquin Valley Elk. 



Type locality. Buttonwillow, Kern County, California. 



Genl. Char. Size small; legs short; color pale; rump patch small; 

 skull comparatively different from that ©f C. canadensis. 



