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)
_Measurements._--A male from Cottage Lake, King County, measured:
total length 287; length of tail 125; hind foot 38. A female from
5 miles southeast of Sequim, Clallam County, measured: 303; 133;
41; ear 27. A male from Quilcene, Jefferson County, measured: 311;
140; 41.
_Distribution._--Western Washington west of the Cascade Mountains.
The locality records for flying squirrels in the northern Cascade
Mountains, given by Taylor and Shaw (1929: 18), when plotted on a
distribution map, show overlapping of ranges in this area. The
ranges of the three races involved have been drawn on the
accompanying map (fig. 92) on the basis of geographic probability
and are subject to revision because the specimens from this area
have not been examined.
Marginal records that may apply to _G. s. oregonensis_ are, from
Taylor and Shaw (1929: 18): Nooksack River, Rockport, North Bend
and Skamania.
_Remarks._--Of all the races occurring in Washington,
_oregonensis_ is the most distinct. _Glaucomys s. olympicus_
Elliot must be regarded as a synonym of _oregonensis_.
=Glaucomys sabrinus bangsi= (Rhoads)
_Sciuropterus alpinus bangsi_ Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Philadelphia, p. 321, June, 1897.
_Glaucomys sabrinus bangsi_ Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 44:38, June
13, 1918.
_Type._--Obtained in Idaho County, Idaho, by Harbison and Bargamin
on March 8, 1897; type in Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.
_Racial characters._--Similar to _oregonensis_ but larger and
paler throughout.
_Measurements._--A female from Wildcat Spring, Columbia County,
measured: total length 333; length of tail 147; hind foot 45; ear
29; weight 151 grams.
_Distribution._--Found only in the Blue Mountains of extreme
southeastern Washington.
=Glaucomys sabrinus columbiensis= Howell
_Glaucomys sabrinus columbiensis_ Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 28:111, May 27, 1915.
_Type._--Obtained at Okanogan, British Columbia, by Allan Brooks on
May 9, 1898; type in United States National Museum.
_Racial characters._--Larger than _oregonensis_ and paler. Similar
to _bangsi_ but paler, especially beneath, and less reddish above.
_Measurements._--Howell (1918: 46) gives the average of two
subadult topotypes as: total length 313; length of tail 143; hind
foot 42.
_Distribution._--Northeastern Washington, probably extending, from
records of Taylor and Shaw (1929: 18), west to Mazama and Stehekin
and east to Molson.
=Glaucomys sabrinus latipes= Howell
_Glaucomys sabrinus latipes_ Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
28:112, May 27, 1915.
_Type._--Obtained at Glacier, British Columbia, by J. A. Loring, on
August 13, 1894; type in United States National Museum.
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