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)
_Peromyscus akeleyi_ Elliot, Field Columb. Mus. Publ. 30., zoöl.
ser., 1:226. February 1, 1899 (type from Elwha River, Olympic
Mountains, Washington).
_Peromyscus maniculatus oreas_ Osgood, N. Amer. Fauna, 28:51,
April 17, 1909.
_Type._--Obtained on Church Mountain, 6,500 ft., Mt. Baker Range,
near the U. S. boundary, British Columbia, by Allan Brooks on
August 29, 1896; type in Museum of Comparative Zoölogy.
_Racial characters._--Size large; tail more than 50 per cent of
total length; color of upper parts reddish.
_Measurements._--Twenty-five males and 15 females average: total
length 202; length of tail 110; hind foot 22.6; ear 18.7.
_Distribution._--From the Cascade Mountains west to the Pacific
Ocean, save for the Puget Sound area and a narrow band extending
southward nearly to the Columbia River. Marginal localities along
the west side of Puget Sound are: Deer Park (W.W.D.), Lake Cushman
(W.W.D.), and Kelso (M.V.Z.). Marginal localities on the west side
of the Cascade Mountains are: Tomyhoi Lake (W.W.D.), Forks of
Skykomish River (W.W.D.), North Bend (W.W.D.), Mt. St. Helens
(V.B.S.) and Yacolt (M.V.Z.). Marginal localities on the east
slope of the Cascade Mountains are: Grouse Creek (W.W.D.), Lake
Wenatchee (W.W.D.), Easton (W.W.D.), Morrison Springs Ranger
Station (W.W.D.) and Wind River C.C.C. Camp (W.W.D.).
=Peromyscus maniculatus hollisteri= Osgood
Peromyscus maniculatus hollisteri Osgood, N. Amer. Fauna, 28:62,
April 17, 1909.
_Type._--Obtained at Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, San Juan
County, Washington, by N. Hollister on October 23, 1903; type in
United States National Museum.
_Racial characters._--Similar to _oreas_ but darker, less reddish,
and with much shorter tail. Length of tail about 40 per cent of
total length.
_Measurements._--Populations of deer mice on the various islands
vary slightly in average measurements. The average measurements of
10 males and 10 females from San Juan Island, 20 males and 15
females from Blakeley Island, and 20 males and 15 females from
Cypress Island, are respectively: total length 189, 183, 179;
length of tail 87, 82, 79; hind foot 22.8, 22, 19.5; ear 19.4,
18.7, 19.5; weight 33, 29, 32 grams.
_Distribution._--The San Juan Islands, San Juan and Skagit
counties, in northern Puget Sound.
=Peromyscus maniculatus austerus= (Baird)
_Hesperomys austerus_ Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia,
7:336, 1855.
_Sitomys americanus austerus_ Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.,
5:192, August 18, 1893.
_P[eromyscus]., austerus_ Bangs, Amer. Nat., 31:75, January 1,
1897.
_Peromyscus maniculatus austerus_ Osgood, N. Amer. Fauna, 28:63,
April 17, 1909.
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