Mammals taken Along the Alaska HighwayBaker, Rollin H. (Rollin Harold)
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Mammals taken Along the Alaska Highway
Baker, Rollin H. (Rollin Harold)
Mammals -- North America
Meadow Jumping Mouse
_Zapus hudsonius alascensis_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
11:223, July 15, 1897. (Type from Yakutat Bay, Alaska.)
_Specimens examined._--Total 18, as follows: _Alaska_: 1 mi. SW
Fairbanks, 440 ft., 1; E side Chilkat River, 100 ft., 9 mi. W and 4
mi. N Haines, 8. _Yukon Territory_: McIntyre Creek, 2250 ft., 3 mi. NW
Whitehorse, 4; SW end Dezadeash Lake, 1. _British Columbia_:
Stonehouse Creek, 5½ mi. W jct. Stonehouse Creek and Kelsall River, 4.
_Remarks._--Specimens taken by Alcorn were compared with
representatives of both _Z. princeps_ (Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon) and _Z.
hudsonius_ (Ontario, Michigan, Kansas, Wyoming). All have been
referred to _Z. hudsonius_ although one female from Stonehouse Creek
shows some tendency toward _Z. princeps_ in external measurements,
length of upper molariform tooth-row, and length of incisive foramina.
Erethizon dorsatum myops Merriam
Porcupine
_Erethizon epixanthus myops_ Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci.,
2:27, March 14, 1900. (Type from Portage Bay, Alaska Peninsula,
Alaska.)
_Erethizon dorsatum myops_ Anderson and Rand, Canadian Jour. Res.,
21:293, September 24, 1943.
_Specimens examined._--Total 2, as follows: _Alaska_: Yerrick Creek,
21 mi. W and 4 mi. N Tok Junction, 1. _Yukon Territory_: 2 mi. W
Teslin River, 2400 ft., 16 mi. S and 56 mi. E Whitehorse, 1.
_Remarks._--Alcorn found little evidence of porcupines along the
highway. The female from the Teslin River was found under a building.
The female from Yerrick Creek was in dense underbrush in a spruce
forest and weighed 20 pounds.
Canis latrans incolatus Hall
Coyote
_Canis latrans incolatus_ Hall, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 40:369,
November 5, 1934. (Type from Isaacs Lake, 3000 ft., Bowron Lake
region, British Columbia, Canada.)
_Specimens examined._--Total 2, as follows: _Yukon Territory_: 25 mi.
NW Whitehorse, 1. _British Columbia_: Buckinghorse River, 94 mi. S
Fort Nelson, 1.
Canis lupus pambasileus Elliot
Wolf
_Canis pambasileus_ Elliot, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 18:79,
February 21, 1905. (Type from Susitna River, region of Mount McKinley,
Alaska.)
_Canis lupus pambasileus_ Goldman, Jour. Mamm., 18:45,
February 14, 1937.
_Specimens examined._--Total 3, as follows: _Yukon Territory_: E side
Aishihik River, 17 mi. N Canyon, 1; SW end Dezadeash Lake, 1; Marshall
Creek, 3 mi. N Dezadeash River, 1.
_Remarks._--Alcorn reported wolf sign at many of his camps along the
highway. Skulls were obtained from trappers.
Canis lupus occidentalis Richardson
Wolf
_Canis lupus occidentalis_ Richardson, Fauna Boreali-Americana,
1:60, 1829. (Type not designated, restricted to Fort Simpson,
Mackenzie, Canada, by Miller, Smithson. Misc. Coll., 59 (no. 15):4,
June 8, 1912.)
_Specimens examined._--Two from _British Columbia_: Buckinghorse
River, 94 mi. S Fort Nelson.
Canis lupus columbianus Goldman
Wolf
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