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)
_Type._--Obtained at the head of Big Lost River, Custer County,
Idaho, by B. H. Dutcher on September 23, 1890; type in United
States National Museum.
_Racial characters._--Similar to _devexus_ but upper parts rich
tawny in color.
_Measurements._--Three males and 2 females from Newport, Pend
Oreille County, average, respectively: total length 189, 186;
length of tail 54, 57; hind foot 27, 26.
_Distribution._--Along the eastern border of the state to the
north of the Snake River, northeastern Washington, and the
northeastern Cascades.
=Thomomys talpoides yakimensis= Hall and Dalquest
_Thomomys talpoides yakimensis_ Hall and Dalquest, Murrelet, 20:4,
April 30, 1939.
_Thomomys talpoides badius_ Goldman, Jour. Mamm., 20:242, May 15,
1939 (type from Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington).
_Type._--Obtained at Selah, Yakima County, Washington, by P.
Burgner, on November 27, 1938; type in Museum of Vertebrate
Zoölogy.
_Racial characters._--Similar to _fuscus_ but more orange, less
red.
_Measurements._--Four male and 3 female topotypes average,
respectively: total length 209, 191; length of tail 60, 56; hind
foot 27, 26.
_Distribution._--The eastern edge of the Cascades from the
Wenatchee Mountains south to the Simcoe Anticline.
=Thomomys talpoides shawi= Taylor
_Thomomys douglasii shawi_ Taylor, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
34:121, June 30, 1921.
_Thomomys talpoides shawi_ Hall and Dalquest, Murrelet, 20:4,
April 30, 1939.
_Type._--Obtained at Owyhigh Lakes, Mount Rainier, Pierce County,
Washington, by G. G. Cantwell, on August 9, 1919; type in United
States National Museum.
_Racial characters._--A large, tan-colored pocket gopher, similar
to _aequalidens_ but paler.
_Measurements._--Two male and 7 female topotypes average,
respectively: total length 227, 213; length of tail 72, 64; hind
foot 32, 30.
_Distribution._--The higher Cascade Mountains from Mount Rainier
southward. Southern limits of range unknown.
=Thomomys talpoides immunis= Hall and Dalquest
_Thomomys talpoides immunis_ Hall and Dalquest, Murrelet, 20:4,
April 30, 1939.
_Type._--Obtained 5 miles south of Trout Lake, Klickitat County,
Washington, by W. W. Dalquest on July 27, 1937; type in Museum of
Vertebrate Zoölogy.
_Racial characters._--Similar to _shawi_ but paler and grayer.
_Measurements._--Two males and 2 females from Morrison Springs
Ranger Station, Skamania County, average, respectively: total
length 211, 212; length of tail 64, 58; hind foot 28, 29.
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