. Robertson,
appear to be intergrades between the subspecies _campestris_ and
_intermedius_, but resemble the former more closely than the latter.

~Erethizon dorsatum bruneri~ Swenk, 1916

Porcupine

_Specimens examined_ (11).--NW 1/4 sec. 15, R. 5 E, T. 22 N, 1; 2 mi. N,
5 mi. W Ludlow, 3; 4 mi. S, 7 mi. W Ladner, 1; 10 mi. S, 4 mi. W Reva,
1; 10 mi. S, 5 mi. W Reva, 4; 2 mi. S, 5 mi. E Harding, 1.

The porcupine is a common resident of the pine-clad buttes of Harding
County and individuals were occasionally encountered some distance from
pines. We noted porcupines almost nightly in June of 1961 along the road
that parallels the Slim Buttes to the east, and found a number that had
been struck by automobiles along this and other roadways in, or adjacent
to, wooded areas. Visher (1914:90) earlier reported _Erethizon_ from
Harding County.

Order Carnivora

~Canis latrans latrans~ Say, 1823

Coyote

_Specimens examined_ (8).--North Cave Hills, 1; N of Slim Buttes, 1; N
end Slim Buttes, 1; 6 mi. N, 4 mi. W Camp Crook, 2; W of East Short Pine
Hills, 1; E of Short Pine Hills, 1; Sheep Mountain, 1.

The coyote population in Harding County and adjacent areas is low owing
to an active predator control program that is supported by local
ranchers and by state and federal agencies. Our field parties neither
saw nor heard coyotes, although tracks were found at one or two places
in March of 1963. According to Robert Kriege (personal communication),
the few coyotes that do reside in the area find refuge in the most
rugged parts of the hills and buttes. Visher (1914:90) reported that
this carnivore was "generally considered as abundant." Our specimens all
are skulls of individuals killed by a federal trapper in the winter of
1961-62.

~Canis lupus nubilus~ Say, 1823

Gray Wolf

Visher (1914:90) stated that wolves were "quite plentiful" in the early
1900's; he quoted figures for a two-month period in 1910 when a
government trapper took five adults and 25 pups in the vicinity of the
Short Pine Hills and two adults and 11 pups in the general area of the
Cave Hills. According to local residents, wolves were common in Harding
County in the 1920's. One (the famous "Three Toes") trapped 20 mi. NW
Buffalo in July of 1925 had eluded capture for more than 13 years, and
in that period caused an estimated $50,000 in damage to livestock
(Young, 1944:259, 277). It seems likely that the skull of this animal,
in the U.S. Nati