Comments on the Taxonomic Status, Distribution, and Habitat of the Carmen Mountains White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus carminis) in Trans-Pecos Texas
Krausman PR, Schmidly DJ, Ables ED. 1978. Comments on the Taxonomic Status, Distribution, and Habitat of the Carmen Mountains White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus carminis) in Trans-Pecos Texas. The Southwestern Naturalist. 23(4):577-589
Non-geographic and geographic variation of cranial and antler measurements are herein assessed in populations of the Carmen Mountains white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus carminis) from northern Coahuila and Trans-Pecos Texas. Age, sexual, and individual variation was studied in a sample from Big Bend National Park (BIBE), Brewster County, Texas. Previously, BIBE was thought to support the only population of carminus in the United States. However, comparisons of cranial measurements among Texas white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus texanus), Coues' white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus couesi), and carminis reveal that white-tailed deer from the Rosillos, Christmas, Chinati, and Davis mountains in the Trans-Pecos should be referred to carminis. This assignment extends the range of carminis between 190 and 200 km to the north and northwest into Jeff Davis and Presidio counties. Habitat preferences and population sizes of carminis in the Trans-Pecos are discussed
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Krausman, Paul; Schmidly, David; Ables, Ernest
- Units
- BIBE
- Keywords
- Age Distribution, Animal Studies, Carmen Mountains white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus carminis) - Artiodactyla - Cervidae, Distribution, Habitats, Population