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DISTRIBUTION 



OF 



CANIS LATRANS 

 SAMPLES 



Fig. 1. Geographic origin of coyote samples, by county or region for Recent subspecies studied 

 in this paper. Numbers of specimens in parentheses. Canis latrans ochropus: la, Stanislaus (1) ; 

 lb, Merced (2) ; 1c, San Benito (20) ; Id, Monterey (9) ; le, Kern (7) ; If, Ventura (2) ; lg, 

 Los Angeles (3) ; lh, Riverside (5) ; li, San Diego (1). C. I. lestes: 2, Lassen (50). C. I. mearnsi: 

 3, Cochise (50). C. I. clepticus: 4a, Sierra Juarez, Baja California (2) ; 4b, Sierra de San Pedro 

 Martir, Baja California (8) ; 4c, San Telmo, Baja California (2) ; 4d, San Diego (4). C. I. or- 

 cutti: R, Rancho La Brea (37) ; M, McKittrick (7). Recent subspecies ranges based on Jackson 

 (Young and Jackson, 1951). 



ranging in the region west of the Sierras; C. I. mearnsi C. H. Merriam (= C. I. estor 

 C. H. Merriam), the so-called Mearns or Desert Coyote, ranging in the southeast- 

 ern part of the state ; C. 1. lestes C. H. Merriam, the Mountain Coyote, ranging in 

 the northeastern section of the state; and C. I. clepticus Elliot, the San Pedro 

 Martir Coyote, a northern Baja California form ranging into San Diego County. 



The California Valley Coyote is a medium-sized, dark animal with an elongate 

 skull. The Mountain Coyote is rather large, quite dark, and with a broader skull. 

 The Desert Coyote is the smallest of the California subspecies; it has a bright coat 



