. Fig. 116. Distribution of Ovis canadensis cana- densis in Colorado. Stippled area denotes approxi- mate extent of present range; solid line indicates ap- proximate boundary of historic range (after Moser, 1962:10). was harvested annually (range, 25 in 1959 to 79 in 1954). Estimates of the total bighorn population in recent years have ranged around 3000 animals. Largest numbers occur in the Front Range and the upper Poudre River drainage, the San Juan Mountains, and the Sawatch Range. The subspecies of O. canadensis were re- vised by Cowan (1940). Ovis canadensis canadensis Shaw Ovis canadens
. Fig. 116. Distribution of Ovis canadensis cana- densis in Colorado. Stippled area denotes approxi- mate extent of present range; solid line indicates ap- proximate boundary of historic range (after Moser, 1962:10). was harvested annually (range, 25 in 1959 to 79 in 1954). Estimates of the total bighorn population in recent years have ranged around 3000 animals. Largest numbers occur in the Front Range and the upper Poudre River drainage, the San Juan Mountains, and the Sawatch Range. The subspecies of O. canadensis were re- vised by Cowan (1940). Ovis canadensis canadensis Shaw Ovis canadensis Shaw, Naturalists' Miscellany, 51: text to pi. 610, February 1804 (see Osgood, 1913, 1914); type locality, Bow River, near Exshaw, Alberta. Nemorhoedus palmeri Cragin, Bull. Geol. Soc. America, 11:611, August 1910; type locality, cave on Glen Eyrie Estate, 5 mi. NW Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., Colorado (see G. S. Miller, Jr., 1930). Distribution in Colorado.—Formerly wide- spread in foothills and mountains of central and western parts of state; presently mostly restricted to parts of higher mountains (Fig. 116). Records of occurrence.—Specimens examined, 18, distributed as follows: JACKSON COUNTY: Mount Zirkel, 2 (1 DMNH, 1 USNM). LARIMER COUNTY: Rawah Peak, 11,500 ft., 1 (USNM); Clark's Peak, 12,000 ft., 2 (USNM). GRAND COUNTY: sec. 10, T. 5 N, R. 76 W, Arapahoe National Forest, 1 (USNM). JEFFERSON COUNTY: Denver Mountain Park, 1 (USNM). PITKIN COUNTY: Avalanche Creek, near Snowmass, 1 (USNM). LAKE COUNTY: Twin Lakes, 2 (USNM). PARK COUNTY: Jefferson, 2 (USNM); Sheep Rock, Kenosha Range, SE of Jeffer- son, 1 (USNM). GUNNISON COUNTY: Taylor River Canyon, 1 (USNM). SAGUACHE COUNTY: Villa Grove, 2 (USNM); Elk Creek, sec. 32, T. 45 N, R. 1 E, 1 (USNM). County unknown: Ute and Ulay Mine,! (KU). Additional records (Cowan, 1940:541, unless otherwise noted): MOFFAT COUNTY: Ladore Canyon; Green River, 4 mi. N mouth Yampa River; junction Yampa and Green rivers. LARIMER COUNTY:
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