78 BULLETIN 79, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



*Canis gigas (Townsend). 



1850. Lupus gigas Townsend, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadel- 

 phia, vol. 2, p. 75. November, 1850. 

 1912. Canis gigas Miller, Smiths. Misc. Coll., vol. 59, No. 15, p. 



4. June 8, 1912. 

 Type Locality. — Near Vancouver, Clark County, Washington. 



*Canis lycaon Schreber. 



1776. Canis lycaon Schreber, Saugthiere, pi. 89. 



1912. Canis lycaon Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 



25, p. 95. May 4, 1912. 

 Type Locality. — Eastern Canada. 



*Canis mexicanus Linnaeus. 



1766. [Canis] mexicanus Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 



p. 60. 

 1894. Canis mexicanus Ehoads, Amer. Nat., vol. 28, p. 524. 



June, 1894.' 

 Type I^ocality. — Southern Mexico. 



*Canis nubilus (Say). 



1823. Canis nubilus Say, Long's Exped. Rocky Mts., vol. 1, p. 



169. 

 1885. Canis lupus griseo-alhu^ True, Proc. LT. S. Nat. Mus., 



vol. 7 (1884), p. 610. 1885. (Part.) 

 1894. Canis mexicanus nuhilus Rhoads, Amer. Nat., vol. 28, 



p. 524. June, 1894. 

 Type Locality. — Engineer Cantonment, near present town of 

 • Blair, Washington County, Nebraska. 



*Canis occidentalis (Richardson). 



1829. Canis lupus, occidentalis Richardson, Fauna Boreali- 



Americana, vol. 1, p. 60. 

 1912. Canis occidentalis Miller, Smiths. Misc. Coll., vol. 59, 



No. 15, p. 4. June 8, 1912. 

 Type Locality. — Canada from the plains of the Saskatchewan 



to the Arctic coast. Name restricted by Miller to the form 



occurring at Fort Simpson, Mackenzie. 



* Canis pambasileus Elliot. 



1905. Canis pambasileus Elliot, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



vol. 18, p. 79. February 21, 1905. 

 Type Locality. — Sushitna River, region of Mount McKinley, 



Alaska. 



