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)
_Evotomys idahoensis_ Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 5:66, July 30, 1891.
_Clethrionomys gapperi idahoensis_ Whitlow and Hall, Univ.
California Publ. Zoöl., 40:265, September 30, 1933.
_Type._--Obtained at Sawtooth (Alturas) Lake, 7,200 ft., Blaine
County, Idaho, by C. H. Merriam and V. Bailey, on October 4, 1890;
type in United States National Museum.
_Racial characters._--Similar to _saturatus_ but brain case longer
and narrower and dorsal area more reddish.
_Measurements._--Seven males and 6 females from the Blue Mountains
average, respectively: total length 138, 142; length of tail 41,
41; hind foot 18.7, 19.0; ear 13.6, 13.5; weight 20.5, 22.7 grams.
_Distribution._--The Blue Mountains of southeastern Washington.
=Clethrionomys gapperi cascadensis= Booth
_Evotomys gapperi saturatus_ Taylor and Shaw, Occ. Pap. Chas. R.
Conner Mus., no. 2:23, December, 1929.
_Clethrionomys gapperi cascadensis_ Booth, Murrelet, 26:27, August
10, 1945.
_Type._--Obtained 2 miles south of Blewett Pass, 3,000 ft.
elevation, Kittitas County, Washington, by G. G. Cantwell, on
October 30, 1921; type in United States National Museum.
_Racial characters._--Dark and dull with underparts dull buffy.
_Measurements._--Ten adults from the Cascade Mountains average
(Booth, 1945: 27): total length 162; length of tail 50; hind foot
19; ear 14.
_Distribution._--The Cascade Mountains, according to Booth (_loc.
cit._, p. 28), from Hannegan Pass south to Mount Adams. Marginal
localities listed are: Swamp Creek, Glacier Peak, McKenna, and Mt.
St. Helens. These, and other localities listed by Booth are not
plotted on the accompanying distribution map (fig. 111).
=Clethrionomys gapperi nivarius= (Bailey)
_Evotomys nivarius_ Bailey, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 11:136,
May 13, 1897.
_Evotomys gapperi nivarius_ Taylor and Shaw, Occ. Papers Chas. R.
Conner Mus., no. 2:23, 1929.
_Clethrionomys nivarius_ Svihla, Murrelet, 12:54, May, 1931.
_Type._--Obtained on the northwest slope of Mt. Ellinor, 4,000 ft.
elevation, Mason County, Washington, by C. P. Streator, on July 9,
1894; type in United States National Museum.
_Racial characters._--Similar to _saturatus_ but paler throughout.
_Measurements._--Two males and a female from 1 mile northwest of
Lake Cushman, Mason County, average: total length 140; length of
tail 42; hind foot 18; ear 13.
_Distribution._--The Olympic Mountains, from Sol Duc Hot Springs
(W.S.M.) south and west at least to Staircase, on Lake Cushman
(W.W.D.).
=Clethrionomys californicus occidentalis= (Merriam)
California red-backed mouse
_Evotomys occidentalis_ Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 4:25, October 8,
1890.
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