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)
_Lagomys minimus_ Lord, Proc. Zoöl. Soc. London, p. 98, 1863 (not
of Schinz, 1821).
_Ochotona minimus_ Bangs, Proc. New England Zoöl. Club, 1:39, June
5, 1899.
_Ochotona fenisex_ Osgood, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 26:80,
March 22, 1913 (substitute for _minimus_ Lord).
_Ochotona princeps fenisex_ A. H. Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 47:28,
August 21, 1924.
_Type._--Obtained by J. K. Lord at "Ptarmigan Hill," near head of
Ashnola River, Cascade Range, British Columbia, in early fall of
1860 (?); type in British Museum.
_Racial characters._--Size and color intermediate between
_brunnescens_ and _cuppes_; length about 8 inches; color of upper
parts near Pinkish Cinnamon, becoming gray on posterior third of
back; underparts washed with buff; skull of medium size and
proportions.
_Measurements._--Nine males and 5 females from Okanogan and Chelan
counties average, respectively: total length 190.0, 197.4; hind
foot 31.1, 32.8; ear 21.6, 22.0.
_Distribution._--Specimens referable to this race occur from the
British Columbian boundary south, through the eastern Cascade
Mountains. Along the western border of its range, _fenisex_
becomes larger and darker, merging into the race _brunnescens_.
Marginal records are: Hidden Lakes (U.S.N.M.), Lyman Lake
(U.S.N.M.), Mt. Stuart (W.W.D.), Easton (U.S.N.M.), Mt. Aix
(U.S.N.M.), Steamboat Mt. (M.V.Z.).
=Ochotona princeps brunnescens= Howell
_Ochotona fenisex brunnescens_ A. H. Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 32:108, May 20, 1919.
_Ochotona princeps brunnescens_ A. H. Howell, N. Amer. Fauna.
47:31, August 21, 1924.
_Type._--Obtained by George G. Cantwell at Lake Keechelus, Kittitas
County, Washington, on August 23, 1917; type in United States
National Museum.
_Racial characters._--Largest and darkest of the three races of
Washington pikas; total length 8 inches or more; color of upper
parts rich cinnamon, heavily washed with blackish; posterior part
of back slightly paler; underparts buffy cinnamon; skull large and
heavy with wide zygomatic arches but relatively narrow
interorbital region and relatively narrow across maxillary tooth
rows.
_Measurements._--Eight males and 9 females from within three miles
of Stevens Pass, King and Chelan counties, average, respectively:
total length 201.8, 208.3; hind foot 33.3, 33.0; ear 22.3, 22.6.
The average weights of 4 males and 3 females from 3 mi. S E Tumtum
Mountain, Clark County, are 178.0 and 174.3 grams, respectively.
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