The skull is unbroken and the teeth all are present and entire.
The skin, in brown winter pelage, is stuffed and in good
condition.
_Range._--Western Washington along eastern side of Puget Sound,
western Oregon from the Cascades to the coast, and northwestern
California south in the humid coastal district nearly to the
Golden Gate. See figures 25, 27 on pages 95, 149.
_Characters for ready recognition._--Differs from _M. e.
anguinae_, in male, by sagittal crest present and hind foot
ordinarily less than 33.5, in female by hind foot less than 27.5,
basilar length less than 30.2; from _M. e. fallenda_, in both
sexes, by black tip of tail less than half of length of
tail-vertebrae, in males hind foot less than 33.7, tympanic bulla
about same length as, instead of longer than, upper tooth-rows;
weight of skull less than 1-1/4 grams, in female weight of skull
less than 0.7 grams, length of lateral side of P4 less than 4 mm.;
from _M. e. olympica_, by larger size, in males hind foot more
than 33.0, basilar length ordinarily more than 32.5, in females by
hind foot ordinarily longer than 24, by breadth of rostrum more
than 8.6, depth of braincase at posterior border of upper molars
more than 7.6; from _M. e. gulosa_ and _muricus_, in both sexes,
by upper lips brown (not white), light color of underparts
extending down hind leg no farther than knee, depth of skull at
posterior border of upper molars more than 7.7 in females and
ordinarily more than 9.6 in males, further from _muricus_ by tail
more than 62 in males and more than 49 in females; from _M. e.
invicta_ by upper lips white (not brown), in males hind foot more
than 36 and basilar length more than 35, in females hind foot more
than 29.5 and basilar length more than 30.5.
_Description._--_Size._--Male: Twelve adults from Blaine and
Tillamook, Oregon, yield average and extreme measurements as
follows: Total length, 255 (245-275); length of tail, 72 (64-80);
length of hind foot, 31.5 (30.0-33.5).
Female: Seven adults from Blaine and Tillamook, Oregon, yield
average and extreme measurements as follows: Total length, 214
(193-230); length of tail, 55 (50-63); length of hind foot, 25
(24-27).
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