Mammals of Washington, Volume 2: University of Kansas Publications Museum of Natural HistoryDalquest, Walter Woelber
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Mammals of Washington, Volume 2: University of Kansas Publications Museum of Natural History
Dalquest, Walter Woelber
Mammals -- Washington (State)
_T[amiasciurus]. h[udsonicus]. streatori_ Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 49:135, August 22, 1936.
_Type._--Obtained at Ducks, British Columbia; type in American
Museum of Natural History.
_Racial characters._--Similar to _richardsoni_ but smaller and
darker, redder above.
_Measurements._--Seven males from north-central Washington average:
total length 330; length of tail 129; hind foot 51; ear 23.
_Distribution._--Northeastern Washington. Marginal occurrences are
(from Taylor and Shaw, 1929: 17): Beaver Creek, Ruby Creek, and
head of Lake Chelan.
_Remarks._--This race reaches Washington from the interior of
British Columbia. Intergradation between _hudsonicus streatori_
and _h. richardsoni_ takes place over much of northeastern
Washington.
[Illustration: FIG. 90. Distribution of the red squirrel and Douglas
squirrel in Washington. A. _Tamiasciurus hudsonicus richardsoni._ B.
_Tamiasciurus hudsonicus streatori._ C. _Tamiasciurus douglasii
douglasii._]
=Tamiasciurus hudsonicus richardsoni= (Bachman)
_Sciurus richardsoni_ Bachman, Proc. Zoöl. Soc. London, p. 100,
1838.
_Sciurus hudsonius Richardsoni_ True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,
7:595, 1884.
_Sciurus hudsonicus richardsoni_ Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat.
Hist., 10:265, July 22, 1898.
_Sciurus hudsonicus richardsoni_ Miller, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull.,
128:211, April 29, 1924.
_Tamiasciurus hudsonicus richardsoni_ Svihla and Svihla, Murrelet,
21:55, December 20, 1940.
_Type._--Obtained at the head of the Big Lost River, Custer
County, Idaho.
_Racial characters._--Color paler, especially on back.
_Measurements._--Four males and 4 females average, respectively:
total length 339, 339; length of tail 133, 131; hind foot 54, 51;
ear 24, 24; weight 256, 266.
_Distribution._--The Blue Mountains of southeastern Washington.
=Tamiasciurus douglasii douglasii= (Bachman)
Douglas squirrel
_Sciurus douglasii_ Bachman, Proc. Zoöl. Soc. London, p. 99,
1838.
_Sciurus hudsonius Douglasii_ True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,
7:595, 1884.
_Sciurus douglasii douglasii_ Miller, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull.,
128:212, April 29, 1924.
_Sciurus douglasii cascadensis_ Taylor and Shaw, Occ. Papers Chas.
R. Conner Mus., no. 2:18, December, 1929.
_Tamiasciurus douglasii_ Holdenried, Jour. Mamm., 21:406, November
14, 1940.
_Type._--Obtained near the mouth of the Columbia River by David
Douglas.
_Measurements._--Fifteen males and 10 females from the lowlands of
western Washington average, respectively: total length 317, 320;
length of tail 121, 126.7; hind foot 50, 49.4; ear 23.2, 22.6;
weight 204, 202 grams.
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