G A M E      A N   I M A    L  S. 
known, but is small. 
The Catalina Herd was first seen by the army of 
Coronado in 1540. The Chronicles of the Expedition 
mentions seeing "wild sheep with horns the girth of a 
man's thigh". It consisted no doubt of the Mexican 
 
Mountain Sheep.  It is not certain that there are any 
survivors. 
Due to the susceptibility of the mountain sheep to 
scabies, its reduction to such small remnants is fraught 
with exceedingly grave danger of extinction. 
61.   Buffalo (Bos americanus) 
The pure blooded buffalo is extinct in District 3. 
It formerly ranged west to the Pecos Valley. 
62.   Javelina  (Tayasu tajacu) 
A few Javelinas or peccaries are found in the Chiri- 
cahua Forest, They are not uncommon on the 3taked Plains 
east of the Pecos River. 
 
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