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)
_Phenacomys intermedius_ Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 2:32, October 30,
1889.
_Phenacomys intermedius intermedius_ Howell, N. Amer. Fauna,
48:15, October 12, 1926.
_Type._--Obtained 20 miles north-northwest of Kamloops, 5,500 ft.
elevation, British Columbia, by G. M. Dawson on October 2, 1888;
type in United States National Museum.
_Racial characters._--Size small; color of upper parts brownish
gray; skull small.
_Measurements._--A female from Pass Creek Pass, Pend Oreille
County, measured: total length 127; length of tail 29; hind foot
17; weight 25 grams.
_Distribution._--Known only from extreme northeastern Washington
at Pass Creek Pass (W.W.D.) and the Blue Mountains.
=Phenacomys intermedius oramontis= Rhoads
_Phenacomys oramontis_ Rhoads, Amer. Nat., 29:941, October, 1895.
_Phenacomys olympicus_ Elliot, Field Columb. Mus. Publ. 30, zoöl.
ser., 1:225, February 1, 1899 (type from Happy Lake, 5,000 ft.,
Clallam County, Washington).
_Microtus (Lagurus) pumilus_ Elliot, Field Columb. Mus. Publ. 30,
zoöl. ser., 1:226, February 1, 1899 (type from Happy Lake, 5,000
ft., Clallam County, Washington).
_Phenacomys intermedius olympicus_ Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 48:21,
October 12, 1926.
_Phenacomys intermedius oramontis_ Anderson, Canadian Field Nat.,
56:59, June 8, 1942.
_Type._--Obtained on Church Mountain, 6,000 ft., Mt. Baker Range,
British Columbia, just north of international boundary, by A. C.
Brooks on August 6, 1895; type in Philadelphia Academy of Natural
Sciences.
_Racial characters._--Similar to _intermedius_ but darker, browner
above and deeper gray beneath; skull large and heavy.
_Measurements._--A female from Tye, King County, measures: total
length 152; length of tail 40; hind foot 19; ear 12. A female from
Tomyhoi Lake, Whatcom County, measures: 170; 45; 20; 15.
_Distribution._--The Cascade and Olympic mountains, from Tomyhoi
Lake (W. W. D.) on the north, to Mt. Adams (Taylor and Shaw,
1929:23) on the south.
=Clethrionomys gapperi= (Vigors)
Gapper red-backed mouse
_Description._--Red-backed mice are heavy-bodied, short-tailed and
short-legged mice, similar in general appearance to the meadow mice
(_Microtus_). Unlike the meadow mice, they possess rooted molars, a
primitive character. They do not have grooved incisors, like
_Synaptomys_, or the great difference in the depth of the angles of the
lower molars that characterizes both _Synaptomys_ and _Phenacomys_.
Externally _Clethrionomys_ may be recognized by the broad red dorsal
area from which they obtain their common name. Their sides are grayish
or dusky and the undersides buffy white.
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