52 OREAMNUS. 



Family IV. Bovithe. I^xeii, Slioep, Ooats. 



Subfamily I. Rupicaprinae. 



Genus 44. OriNiiiiiius. Goats. 



Oreamnos! Rafin., Amer. Month. Mag., ii, 1817, p. 44. Type 

 Ovis montanus Ord. 

 Aplocerus (sic) H. Smith, Griff. Anim. Kingd., v, 1827, p. 354. 



110. Oreamnus montanus (Ord). 



Ovis montanus Ord. Guth. Geogr., 2d Amer. ed., 11, 181 5, p. 292. 



Oreamnus montanus Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. 44, pis. XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX. Zool. Ser. 

 Mountain Goat. 



Type locality. Cascade Range near Brant Island, Columibia 

 River, Oregon. 



Geogr. Distr. High elevations in Rocky Mountains and other 

 ranges between them and the Pacific, to southern British Columbia. 

 Not found on the Olympic Mountains, Washington. 



a. Orcamims Dioiifaniis cohiinhidiins Allen. 



Oreamnos! montanus columbianiis Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist 

 N. Y., 1904, p. 20. 

 Columbian Mountain Goat. 



Type locality. Shesley Mountains, northern British Columbia. 



Genl. Char. Size large, skull narrow. 



Color. White. 



Measjtrements. Femur to humerus, 914; height at shoulder, 1088. 

 Skull: occipito-nasal length, 336; Hensel, 293; z^^gomatic breadth, 

 119; interorbital width, 98; width of maxillary region above second 

 upper molar. 87; nasals, 122x38; palatal length, 184; length of 

 upper tooth row, 77; ratio of interorbital breadth to basal length, 35; 

 hoof, outer digit on fore foot, 74x35; outer digit on hind foot, 

 66x33. 



h. O/'rtniu/ns moiitd/ntfi ini.ssoul <i' Allen. 



Oreamnos! montanus missoulce Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 N. Y., 1904, p. 20. 

 Missoula Mountain Goat. 



Type locality. Missoula, Montana. 



Genl. Char. Size small; skull narrow. 



Color. White. 



Measurements. Skull: occipito-nasal length, 299; zygomatic 

 breadth, 108; interorbital width, 87; width of intermaxillary^ region 



