Distribution.—Northeastern Washington. Probably once occurred in southeastern Washington.
Odocoileus virginianus leucurus (Douglas)
Cervus leucurus Douglas, Zoöl. Jour., 4:330, 1829.
Odocoileus leucurus Thompson, Forest and Stream, 51:286, October 8, 1898.
Odocoileus virginianus leucurus Lydekker, Cat. Ung. Mamm. British Mus., 4:162, 1915.
Type.—Obtained on the North Umpqua River, Oregon, by David Douglas on October 17, 1826; type originally, and perhaps still, in British Museum.
Racial characters.—A small, handsome whitetail with slender, erect antlers and brownish or grayish color.
Measurements.—A young adult female from 1 mile south of Skamokawa, Wahkiakum County, measured: total length 1,545; length of tail 250; hind foot 458; ear 143; weight 88 pounds.
Distribution.—Previously occurred over much of southwestern Washington; now confined to the banks and islands of the Columbia River in Wahkiakum County.