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Range—Interior of northern California; vicinity of Mount 
Shasta south to Pitt River, in Shasta County (Merriam, 
supra cit.). 
Lynx eremicus eremicus Mearns 
Desert Wildcat 
Original description—Lynx rufus eremicus Mearns, Proc. 
U. S. Nat. Mus., 20, January 12, 1897, pp. 457, 458. 
Type locality—New River, 6 miles northwest of Laguna 
Station, Colorado Desert, Imperial County, California. 
Synonyms—Desert Lynx, part; Felis rufa eremica. 
Range—Lower Sonoran zone on the Colorado and Mohave 
deserts, north at least to Needles, west to Victorville, San 
Bernardino County (Mus. Vert: Zool.). 
Lynx eremicus californicus Mearns 
California Wildcat 
Original description—Lynx rufus  californicus Mearns, 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 20, January 12, 1897, p. 458. 
Type locality—San Diego, California. 
Synonyms—Lynx californicus; Lynx eremicus, part; Desert 
Lynx, part; Felis rufa californica. 
Range—Sonoran, Transition, and lower Boreal zones 
throughout the greater portion of the state west and north 
of the desert proper, and south and east of the northern coast 
belt (Mus. Vert. Zool.). Northernmost record along the 
Sierra Nevada: Baird, Shasta County (Merriam, N. Amer. 
Fauna, 16, 1899, p. 104). 
Order EENNIEE DEA 
Family OTARIIDAE 
Zalophus californianus (Lesson) 
California Sea Lion 
Original description—“Otaria californiana Lesson, Dict. 
Class. Hist. Nat., 13, 1828, p. 420.” 
Type locality—*“California.”’ 
