. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 240 BULLETIN 56, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. OVIS CANADENSIS GAILLARDI, new subspecies. GAILLARD BIGHORN. Type-specimen.—Immature female, skin and skull. No. 59906, Collected in the Gila Mountains, between Tinajas Altas and the Mexican Boundary Line, in Yuma County. Arizona. February 21, 1894, by Edgar A. Mearns. (Original number, 3029.) Characters.—Size, small: color, peculiar; muzzle, dark colored; feet, very small; horns, long and strongly incurved; space between horns very wide, admitting 2 or 3 fingers. 1 or.—The type (i
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 240 BULLETIN 56, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. OVIS CANADENSIS GAILLARDI, new subspecies. GAILLARD BIGHORN. Type-specimen.—Immature female, skin and skull. No. 59906, Collected in the Gila Mountains, between Tinajas Altas and the Mexican Boundary Line, in Yuma County. Arizona. February 21, 1894, by Edgar A. Mearns. (Original number, 3029.) Characters.—Size, small: color, peculiar; muzzle, dark colored; feet, very small; horns, long and strongly incurved; space between horns very wide, admitting 2 or 3 fingers. 1 or.—The type (in winter pelage) has the upper parts ecru drab, becoming darker on the nape and front of limbs, and slightly darker on the shoulders, hips, and middle of back; but without a dark ver- tebral stripe. The rump, belly, and posterior surface of limbs are white. The tail is dark brown, this color running forward in a nar- row interrupted stripe toward the .back, dividing the white Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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