Geographic Distribution and Taxonomy of the Chipmunks of Wyoming — John Shaqi
Geographic Distribution and Taxonomy of the Chipmunks of WyomingWhite, John A.
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Geographic Distribution and Taxonomy of the Chipmunks of Wyoming
White, John A.
Chipmunks
_Big Horn Co._: 6 mi. NW Greybull, 3,800 ft., 6; Greybull, 4 (BS);
7 mi. S Basin, 3,900 ft., 5.
_Sheridan Co._: 5 mi. NE Clearmont, 3,900 ft., 1.
_Campbell Co._: 5 mi. N and 8 mi. W Spotted Horse, 9; 6 mi. W and 4
mi. S Rockypoint, 4,200 ft., 1; 4 mi. S and 3 mi. W Rockypoint, 5;
Middle Butte, 6,010 ft., 38 mi. S and 19 mi. W Gillette, 3; South
Butte, 6,000 ft., 17-1/2 mi. W and 40-1/2 mi. S Gillette, 2; Ivy
Creek, 8 mi. W and 5 mi. N Spotted Horse, 6.
_Crook Co._: Moorcroft, Belle Fourche Valley, 8 (BS).
_Washakie Co._: 15 mi. W Tensleep, in badlands, 1 (BS); 8 mi. S and
8 mi. W Worland, 1; 10 mi. S Tensleep, near No Wood Creek, 2 (BS).
_Goshen Co._: Rawhide Buttes, 12 mi. S and 1 mi. W Lusk, 1.
_Laramie Co._: unspecified, 1.
_Additional records_ (Howell 1929:44): _Big Horn Co._: Otto;
Hyattville. _Sheridan Co._: Powder River at mouth of Clear Creek;
Sheridan; Arvada. _Weston Co._: Thornton; Upton; Pine Ridge;
Newcastle. _Hot Springs Co._: head of Bridger Creek; Willow Creek,
10 mi. SW Thermopolis. _Washakie Co._: 10 mi. S Manderson; Otter
Creek, Bighorn Basin. _Johnson Co._: Powder River Basin, near
Pumpkin Buttes. _Natrona Co._: Merino. _Converse Co._: Douglas.
_Platte Co._: Guernsey; 15 mi. SW Wheatland. _Goshen Co._: Rawhide
Butte. _Localities for which counties are unknown_: Owl Creek
Mountains; North Platte River.
Eutamias minimus confinis Howell
_Eutamias minimus confinis_ Howell, Jour. Mamm. 6:52, February 15,
1925.
_Type._--Female, adult, skull and skin No. 168957 (NM); from head
of Trapper Creek, west slope of Bighorn Mountains, Big Horn County,
Wyoming; obtained on July 7, 1910, by Merrit Cary; original No.
1956.
_Diagnosis._--Size large; over-all tone of upper parts grayish
brown; baculum large, as in _E. m. pallidus_.
_Description._--_Color pattern_: Crown Clay Color mixed with Pale
Smoke Gray; upper facial stripe Fuscous Black; other facial stripes
Fuscous Black slightly mixed with Tawny; anterior margin of ear
Yellow Ocher or Ochraceous-Orange; hairs inside posterior part of
pinna Yellow Ocher or Ochraceous-Orange; posterior margin of ear
Smoke Gray; postauricular patch buffy white or Smoke Gray; dorsal
dark stripes black or Fuscous Black more or less mixed with Tawny
or Tawny-Olive; dorsal light stripes creamy white, sometimes washed
with Pale Smoke Gray; sides Raw Sienna or Cinnamon Buff; rump and
thighs Pale Smoke Gray mixed with Tawny-Olive; dorsal surface of
tail black mixed with Clay Color; ventral surface of tail Clay
Color, black along margin and Light Buff or Light Ochraceous Buff
along outermost edge; antipalmar and antiplantar surfaces of feet
Pinkish Buff; underparts creamy white sometimes with grayish
underfur. _Skull_ and _Baculum_: Large but proportionally the same
as in other subspecies of _E. minimus_.
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