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
_Description._--_Color pattern_: Crown Cinnamon mixed with Smoke
Gray; upper two facial stripes black; submalar stripe Fuscous or
Fuscous Black mixed with Ochraceous Tawny; anterior margin of ear
Ochraceous Tawny; posterior margin of ear and postauricular patch
Light Buff or buffy white; hairs inside posterior part of pinna
Ochraceous Tawny; median dorsal dark stripe black; lateral pair of
dorsal dark stripes black and mixed with Tawny, frequently
brownish; median pair of dorsal light stripes white tinged with
Pale Smoke Gray; lateral pair of dorsal light stripes creamy white;
sides Tawny or Ochraceous Tawny; rump and thighs Dark Smoke Gray
strongly mixed with Cinnamon Buff; dorsal surface of tail Fuscous
Black mixed with Clay Color; ventral surface of tail Light
Ochraceous Tawny, with Fuscous Black around margin and Clay Color
around outermost edge; antipalmar and antiplantar surfaces of feet
Cinnamon or Cinnamon Buff; underparts Cinnamon Buff or Light
Ochraceous Buff. _Skull_: Size medium; moderately narrowed across
zygomata. _Baculum_: Slender; not noticeably broadened at base; tip
more than 30 per cent of length of shaft.
_Remarks._--Although there are no records of this subspecies from the
Wind River Mountains, it probably occurs there.
The niche that this subspecies occupies is similar to that of _E. m.
consobrinus_ as shown by the fact that these two subspecies have been
taken together at the same places.
Specimens of _E. a. luteiventris_ and _E. umbrinus fremonti_ have been
taken together at the same places.
In general, _E. m. consobrinus_ occurs in open country and at the edges
of forests, whereas _E. u. fremonti_ occurs in the forest. _E. a.
luteiventris_ occurs in the intermediate habitat, that is to say, not
far into the forest, and not so far out into the open as _E. m.
consobrinus_.
_Specimens examined._--Total number, 83.
_Yellowstone Park_: Unspecified, 2.
_Park Co._: 31-1/2 mi. N and 36 mi. W Cody, 6,900 ft., 6; 29 mi. N
and 31 mi. W Cody, 7,200 ft., 1; 28 mi. N and 30 mi. W Cody, 7,200
ft., 1; 16-1/4 mi. N and 17 mi. W Cody, 5,625 ft., 3; 25 mi. S and
28 mi. W Cody, 6,350 ft., 2.
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