116 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



G.— Ovis canadensis mexicana. 



Ovis mexioanus, Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. xiv, 



p. 30, 1901 ; Hornaday, 5th Rep. N. York Zool. Soc. 1900, p. 120, 



1901; Stone and Cram, Amer. Mamm. p. 64, 1903; Bailey, 



N. Amer. Fauna, No. 25, p. 70, 1905. 

 Ovis canadensis mexioanus, LydekTcer, Great and Small Game of 



Europe, etc, p. 11, 1901 ; Mearns, Mamm. U.S. and Mex. Bound. 



Surv. vol. i, p. 232, 1907. 

 Ovis oervina mexicanus, Elliot, Mamm. Mid. Amer. (Zool. Publ. 



Field Mus. vol. v) p. 86, 1904, ChecTc-List Mamm. N. Ajner. 



{Zool. Pub. Field Mus. vol. vi) p. 54, 1905. 

 Ovis cervina mexicana, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. xxxi, 



p. 26, 1912. 

 Ovis canadensis mexicana, LydekJcer, The Sheep and Its Cousins, 



p. 289, 1912. 



Typical locality region round Lake Santa Marta, Chihuahua, 

 Mexico. 



A large sheep, lighter in colour than the typical race, 

 but with the same arrangement of tints ; ears much larger, 

 tail slightly longer, and cheek-teeth larger. General colour 

 drab-brown, without dorsal stripe; rump-patch relatively 

 broad ; throat, legs, and tail darker than back ; chin and 

 inner and hind surfaces of hind-legs white. General colour 

 said to be intermediate between that of canadensis and 

 nclsoni. Skull with frontal region less concave, and horns 

 longer and less massive than in former. 



The range iuchides the mountains of northern Chihuahua, 

 the extreme west of Texas, southern New Mexico, and the 

 south of Arizona. 



2. 8. 72. 1. Skull, with horns, and skin. Chihuahua, 

 Mexico. Pacrchased, 1902. 



H.— Ovis canadensis gaillardi. 



Ovis canadensis gaillardi, Mearns, Mamm. U.S. and Mexican Bound. 



Surv. vol. i, p. 240, 1907 ; Lydekker, The Sheep) and Its Cousins, 



p. 291, 1912. 

 Ovis cervina gaillardi, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. xxxi, 



p. 27, 1912. 



Typical locality Gila Mountains between Tinajas Altas 

 and tlie Mexican boundary line in Yuma County, Arizona. 

 Allied to mexicana, but with the ears still longer 



