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 Buff mixed with
gray; upper facial stripe Sepia; ocular stripe Chaetura-Drab;
submalar stripe Fuscous Black mixed with Sayal Brown; ears black;
anterior margin of ear Mars Yellow; posterior margin of ear grayish
white; hairs inside posterior part of pinna Dresden Brown;
postauricular patch Pale Smoke Gray; median dorsal dark stripe
black; lateral dorsal dark stripes black mixed with Sayal Brown;
outermost dorsal dark stripes Buckhorn Brown mixed with black or
sometimes absent; median pair of dorsal light stripes grayish mixed
with Buckhorn Brown; outer pair of dorsal light stripes creamy
white; sides Buckhorn Brown; rump and thighs Pale Smoke Gray mixed
with Saccardo's Umber; dorsal surface of tail black mixed with
Buckhorn Brown; ventral surface of tail Sayal Brown, with Fuscous
Black around margin and white or Light Buff around outermost edge;
antipalmar and antiplantar surfaces of feet Warm Buff; underparts
creamy white with dark underfur. _Skull_: Large; zygomata strong
and arched; braincase well inflated. _Baculum_: Broad at base;
shaft tapers sharply to tip.
_Comparisons._--From _E. u. montanus_, the subspecies from the
Medicine Bow Range of south-central Wyoming, _E. u. fremonti_
differs in: Over-all tone of upper parts darker; underside of tail
darker; feet darker; sides darker.
For comparisons with _E. u. umbrinus_ see the account of that
subspecies.
_Remarks._--This subspecies normally occurs in the forest as do the
other subspecies of _E. umbrinus_ in Wyoming. A single specimen taken
at 12 mi. N and 3 mi. W Shoshoni, Fremont County, is the exception
which probably indicates that _E. umbrinus_ does occur outside of its
normal habitat and that gene-flow exists between the subspecies of this
species.
_Specimens examined._--Total number, 53.
_Yellowstone Park_: Unspecified, 2.
_Park Co._: Beartooth Lake, 1 (BS); 16-1/4 mi. N and 17 mi. W Cody,
5,625 ft., 2.
_Teton Co._: 1 mi. E and 1/4 mi. N Togwotee Pass, 9,800 ft., 2;
Amphitheater Lake, Teton Park, 1 (MM); Flat Creek, 4 (MM); head of
Cache Creek, 4 (MM); Jackson, Upper Arizona Creek, 2 (MM); Flat
Creek-Granite Creek divide, 6 (MM); Flat Creek Pass, 1 (MM); Flat
Creek-Gravel Creek divide, 2 (MM).
_Lincoln Co._: La Barge Creek, near source, 9,000 ft., 1 (BS).
_Fremont Co._: Togwotee Pass, 12 (FC); 12 mi. N and 3 mi. W
Shoshoni, 4,650 ft, 1; Mosquito Park R.S., 9,500 ft., 17-1/2 mi. W
and 2-1/2 mi. N Lander, 1; 17 mi. S and 6-1/2 mi. W Lander, 8,450
ft., 3.
_Sublette Co._: 31 mi. N Pinedale, 8,025 ft., 1; W side Barbara
Lake, 10,300 ft., 8 mi. S and 3 mi. W Fremont Peak, 4; 19 mi. W and
2 mi. S Big Piney, 7,700 ft., 5.
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