Art. I. 
PRELIMINARY LIST 
OF THE 
MAMMALS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. 
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It will be seen that in the following list nearly all the smaller 
Mammals are left out, for the very good reason that sufficient material 
is not on hand whereby to speak from, and perhaps the best excuse 
I have to offer for publishing a list is to show just what is wanted to 
make a more satisfactoiv one. We know that the number of small 
Mammals in British Columbia is far from insignificant, but just what 
species we have, and as to their distribution and relative abundance we 
are with respect to many of them, entirely ignorant. It is therefore 
desirable that collecting in this direction be prosecuted more earnestly 
by members of the Society and others interested in the natural 
history of the Province. * 
* Fall directions and material for preparing and preserving specimens will be furnished free 
by the Museum.— J. F 
American Elk, “Wapiti.” C emus canadensis. (Erxleben.) 
At one time distributed over the southern portion of the mainland, 
now extinct there. Still tolerably abundant on Vancouver Island, 
chiefly through the interior, West Coast, Comox district and to the 
northward. 
* Woodland Caribou. Rangifer caribou. (Kerr.) 
Through the interior of the mainland from the Columbia River to 
the northern limits or the Province. Abundant in many places 
throughout this range. 
Moose. Alee arnericanus. (Jar din.) 
Confined almost entirely to the Arctic slope of the Province, Peace 
River and Cassiar. Has been taken on the Pacific side in the 
neighbourhood of Fort George. - 
* Reports have reached me on several occasions of the existence of Caribou on 
Graham Island, Queen Charlotte group. Mr. James King while exploring there 
this year came upon the tracks of what he took to be Elk, and Mr. William Charles 
of this City, has the head of a Caribou which the Indians say was killed of 
Graham Island. If either species are to be found there, it is strange the fact is 
not better known. 
