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Mammals taken Along the Alaska Highway

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By Rollin H. Baker
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The work reports the results of two summer field seasons of mammal collecting along the Alaska Highway corridor and adjacent regions of Alaska, the Yukon, British Columbia, and Alberta, documenting 1,252 specimens representing 56 species and subspecies. It provides locality maps with elevations, detailed species accounts listing specimens, measurements, taxonomic citations, and notes on variation, habitat, trapping methods, and distribution. The publication includes a figure and brief plates, discusses relative abundance and instances of subspecific intergradation observed in the samples, and acknowledges loans of comparative material and the permits and agencies that facilitated the field work.

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.

 

 

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Transmitted April 9, 1951.