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._--Twenty males and 15 females from western
Washington average, respectively: total length 230, 233; length of
tail 140, 140; hind foot 33, 32.8; ear 14.9, 16.3; weight 23.7,
25.7 grams.
_Distribution._--Western Washington and the Cascade Mountains,
east in the northern Cascades at least to Tomyhoi Lake (W.W.D.).
_Remarks._--Actual intergrades between _trinotatus_ and _kootenayensis_
have not been examined but the differences separating the two forms are
of the degree that usually distinguish subspecies. Since _trinotatus_
occurs in the high Cascades as far east as Mount Baker, at least, and
_kootenayensis_ probably occurs in the northeastern Cascades, the two
forms doubtless come together in the rugged, inaccessible area between
these two localities. Further collecting will probably show a narrow
zone of intergradation in extreme western Okanogan County.
[Illustration: FIG. 124. Distribution of the big jumping mouse in
Washington. A. _Zapus princeps oregonus._ B. _Zapus princeps
idahoensis._ C. _Zapus princeps kootenayensis._ D. _Zapus princeps
trinotatus._]
=Zapus princeps kootenayensis= Anderson
_Zapus princeps kootenayensis_ Anderson, Ann. Rept. Nat. Mus.
Canada for 1931, p. 108, November 24. 1932.
_Type._--Obtained on Green Mountain, 6,000 ft., 10 miles north of
Rossland, West Kootenay District, British Columbia, by R. M.
Anderson, on July 18, 1929; type in National Museum of Canada.
_Racial characters._--Similar to _oregonus_ but paler; yellow more
faded.
_Measurements._--Twenty females, including 15 topotypes, average
(Anderson, 1932: 109): total length 245; length of tail 140; hind
foot 30.5.
_Distribution._--Northeastern Washington. Specimens from Sullivan
Lake (E.S.B.) have been examined.
=Zapus princeps idahoensis= Davis
_Zapus princeps idahoensis_ Davis, Jour. Mamm., 15:221, August 10,
1934.
_Type._--Obtained 5 miles east of Warm Lake, 7,000 feet elevation,
Valley County, Idaho, by W. B. Davis; type in Museum of Vertebrate
Zoölogy.
_Racial characters._--Similar to _kootenayensis_ but brighter in
color, more ochraceous. Similar to _oregonus_ but paler, more
yellowish.
_Measurements._--Davis (1939:339) gives the measurements of six
adult topotypes as: total length 240; length of tail 144; hind
foot 31.
_Distribution._--A single specimen in the Charles R. Conner Museum
from Kamiak Butte, Whitman County, is referable to this race.
=Zapus princeps oregonus= Preble
_Zapus princeps oregonus_ Preble, N. Amer. Fauna. 15:24, August 8,
1899.
_Type._--Obtained at Elgin, Union County, Oregon, by E. A. Preble,
on May 29, 1896; type in United States National Museum.
_Racial characters._--Small size, pale color.
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