grass | 1 | 2.67 ------------------------------+-----------------+------------------ [Footnote A: This is an expression, in percentage, of the number of sets of feces which contained the particular food item out of the total of thirty-nine sets examined.] The six coyotes taken on the Pacific slope are fairly uniform in coloration; the occurrence of white tipping on the tails of most of the specimens, instead of the usual solid black tip, is notable. Three skins, those of a male and two females, have patches of white hairs at the tips of the tails; two skins, of a male and a female, show only scattered white hairs at the tips of the tails; and the skin of one female has a solidly black-tipped tail. An additional female, trapped by David Leighton in Thompson Canyon, had a large patch of white hairs at the tip of the tail. Grinnell, Dixon, and Linsdale (1937:501) mention that only an occasional individual (female?) has a white-tipped tail. Weights are available for four specimens: two coyotes trapped in San Antonio Wash, a male and a female, weighed 20.5 and 23.2 pounds respectively; a female from the mouth of San Antonio Canyon weighed 21.6 pounds; and a large male from the mouth of Thompson Canyon weighed 29.3 pounds. _Specimens examined._--Total, 6, distributed as follows: Los Angeles County: Live Oak Canyon, 3000 ft., 1; mouth of San Antonio Canyon, 2000 ft., 1; 4 mi. N Claremont, 1600 ft., 2; 4 mi. NE Claremont, 1600 ft., 1; 3 mi. NE Claremont, 1600 ft., 1. TABLE 11.--CRANIAL MEASUREMENTS OF CANIS LATRANS OCHROPUS FROM THE COASTAL SLOPE OF THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS. ====================================================================== | Four females | Two males | Averages Extremes | Averages Extremes ----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------- Condylobasal length | 180.67 174.2-183.3 | 188.35 179.2-197.5 ----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------- Palatal length | 91.57 88.0-95.0 | 97.15 91.6-102.7 ----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------- Zygomatic breadth | 90.15 88.9-92.0 | 95.60 88.8-102.5 ----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------- Interorbital breadth | 29.12 27.9-29.9 | 31.45 28.1-34.8 ----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------- Length of | | maxillary toothrow | 85.00 80.4-89.80 | 88.00 83.4-92.6 ----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------- Length of | | upper carnassial | 18.30 17.8-19.0 | 18.70 18.1-19.3 ----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------- =Canis latrans mearnsi= Merriam Coyote