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at least to the vicinity of Mount Shasta (Townsend, Proc. 
U.S. Nat. Mus., 10, 1887, p. 168) ; now existing in relatively 
small numbers in Del Norte and Humboldt counties (accord- 
ing to information received through California Fish and Game 
Commission ). 
Cervus nannodes Merriam 
Dwarf Elk 
Original description—Cervus nannodes Merriam, Proc. Biol. 
Soc. Wash., 18, February 2, 1905, pp. 24, 25. 
Type locality—Buttonwillow, Kern County, California. 
Synonym—Cervus canadensis, part; California Wapiti; San 
Joaquin Valley Elk; Tule Elk. 
Range—Lower Sonoran zone, formerly in the San Joaquin 
Valley, especially in its southern part, west through the coast 
ranges to the Cuyama Valley in northern Santa Barbara 
County, and to Santa Clara Valley in Santa Clara County 
(Rowley, MS; Mus. Vert. Zool.) ; also probably north through 
the Sacramento Valley at least as far as the vicinity of Marys- 
ville Buttes. Now only in western Kern County, between 
Tulare and Buena Vista lakes and adjacent hills to the west; 
a transplanted herd in the Sequoia National Park, Tulare 
County. 
Odocoileus virginianus macrourus (Rafinesque) 
White-tailed Deer 
Original description—Corvus (—Cervus) macrourus Ra- 
finesque, Amer. Monthly Mag., 1, October, 1817, p. 436. 
Type locality—Plains of Kansas River, Upper Missouri 
Valley. 
Synonym—Odocoileus americanus macrourus. 
Range—Said to have formerly occurred in extreme eastern 
and northeastern California, chiefly in the Modoc region. Many 
accounts by hunters, but no verified or recent report. 
Odocoileus columbianus columbianus (Richardson) 
Columbian Black-tailed Deer 
Original description—Cervus macrotis var. columbiana 
Richardson, Fauna Boreali-Americana, 1, 1829, p. 257. 
