Mammals taken Along the Alaska HighwayBaker, Rollin H. (Rollin Harold)
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Mammals taken Along the Alaska Highway
Baker, Rollin H. (Rollin Harold)
Mammals -- North America
_Mustela americana actuosa_ Osgood, N. Amer. Fauna, 19:43,
October 6, 1900. (Type from Fort Yukon, Alaska.)
_Martes americana actuosa_ Miller, N. Amer. Land Mamm. 1911,
p. 93, December 31, 1912.
_Specimen examined._--One from _British Columbia_: N side Liard River
Fort Halkett, 1.
Lynx canadensis canadensis Kerr
Canada Lynx
_Lynx canadensis_ Kerr, Anim. Kingd., vol. 1, systematic catalogue
inserted between pages 32 and 33 (description, p. 157), 1792. (Type
from Eastern Canada.)
_Specimens examined._--Total 4, as follows: _Yukon Territory_:
Marshall Creek, 3 mi. N Dezadeash River, 1. _British Columbia_: 14 mi.
N Fort Halkett, W side Smith River, 2; Buckinghorse River, 94 mi. S
Fort Nelson, 1.
Alces americana gigas Miller
Moose
_Alces gigas_ Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 13:57,
May 29, 1899. (Type from North side Tustumena Lake, Kenai Peninsula,
Alaska.)
_Alces americanus gigas_ Osgood, N. Amer. Fauna, 24:29,
November 23, 1904.
_Specimens examined._--One from _British Columbia_: 15 mi. NW Kelsall
Lake.
Oreamnos americanus columbiae Hollister
Mountain Goat
_Oreamnos montanus columbianus_ J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat.
Hist., 20:20, February 10, 1904. Not _Capra columbiana_ Desmilins,
1823.
_Oreamnos americanus columbiae_ Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 25:186, December 24, 1912. (Type from Shesley Mountains,
northern British Columbia, Canada.)
_Specimens examined._--Two from _British Columbia_: 12 mi. S jct.
Liard River and Trout River.
_Remarks._--Two skulls of male goats were obtained from a trapper,
Johnny Pie, who shot them on July 4, 1948. Field notes indicate that
both mountain goats and mountain sheep are frequently taken by natives
in the Liard River area.
Ovis dalli stonei Allen
Northern Mountain Sheep
_Ovis stonei_ Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 9:111,
April 8, 1897. (Type from headwaters of the Stikine River,
British Columbia, Canada.)
_Ovis dalli stonei_ Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 31:28,
March 4, 1912.
_Specimen examined._--One from _British Columbia_: Summit Pass, 4200
ft., 10 mi. S and 70 mi. W Fort Nelson.
_Remarks._--The specimen has the following external measurements:
Total length, 1474; tail, 84; length of hind foot, 400; ear from
notch, 91. The individual is a male, seven years old, as judged by the
rings of growth on the horns. The skull is accompanied by a skin now
tanned for study purposes.
LITERATURE CITED
Anderson, R. M.
1937. Mammals and birds of the Western Arctic District, Northwest
Territories, Canada. Reprinted from Canada's Western
Northland, Dept. of Interior, Ottawa, pp. 97-122, 5 figs.,
1 map, July 9.
1947. Catalogue of Canadian Recent mammals. Nat. Mus. Canada,
Bull. 102, Biol. Ser. 31:v+238 pp., [for 1946], January 24.
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