Distribution.—Summit of Cascades eastward, in forested areas, exact limits not certainly known.
Odocoileus hemionus columbianus (Richardson)
Cervus macrotis var. columbiana Richardson, Fauna Boreali-Americana, 1:257, 1829.
Cariacus columbianus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 7 (1884):592, 1885.
Cervus columbianus [Baird], U. S. Pacific R. R. Exp. and Surveys, p. 659, 1857.
Eucervus columbianus [Gray], Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 18 (ser. 3):338, 1866.
Odocoileus columbianus [Merriam], Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 12:100, April 30, 1898.
Odocoileus columbianus columbianus Swarth, Univ. California Publ. Zoöl., 10:85, February 13, 1912.
Odocoileus hemionus columbianus [Cowan], California Fish and Game, 22:215, July, 1936.
Type.—Obtained at Cape Disappointment, Pacific County, Washington, by Lewis and Clark on November 19, 1805 ([Cowan], 1936A: 218).