Ovis canadensis texiana—(Texas Bighorn Sheep) 1.1%
The present range of this most interesting animal is restricted
to the Guadalupe Mountains of Texas and southern New
Mexico. However, undoubtedly it once had a much wider distribution,
not only in the northern mountain ranges but in the breaks
and open country of the northern portion of the state as well. The
few fragments of Ovis which were yielded by Tseh So may be referred
with reasonable certainty to texiana. The area beneath the
floor of Room 20 contained three fragments of Ovis bones, among
them a portion of a jaw and teeth. This dentition is heavier than
is allowed under the species Ovis canadensis canadensis and is
therefore texiana or auduboni, and probably the former. No bones
of Ovis were certainly identified as among those used for tools.
