Taxonomy of the Chipmunks, Eutamias quadrivittatus and Eutamias umbrinusWhite, John A.
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Taxonomy of the Chipmunks, Eutamias quadrivittatus and Eutamias umbrinus
White, John A.
Chipmunks
When comparisons were made to ascertain specific and
subspecific differences, only adults, or animals in which the
enamel was worn through on the permanent P4 and p4 were used.
Within this age range, only specimens in comparable pelage
were used to ascertain differences in color.
Miss Viola S. Schantz of the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, Mr. Alfred Bailey of the Colorado Museum of Natural
History, Dr. W. H. Burt of the Museum of Zoology of the
University of Michigan, Dr. Stephen D. Durrant of the Museum
of Zoology of the University of Utah, Dr. Robert M. Stabler,
curator of the Warren Collection of Colorado College, and Mr.
James S. Findley, generously loaned specimens for my use.
Doctors E. Raymond Hall, Rollin H. Baker, Robert W. Wilson,
Keith R. Kelson, E. Lendell Cockrum, and other friends and
associates have given valued suggestions and assistance. My
wife, Alice M. White, made the illustrations and helped me
record and analyze the data.
Assistance with field work is acknowledged from the Kansas
University Endowment Association, the National Science
Foundation, and the United States Navy, Office of Naval
Research, through contract No. NR161 791.
ACCOUNTS OF SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES
=Eutamias quadrivittatus= (Say)
_Diagnosis._--Size medium; general tone of upper parts tawny; cranial
breadth averaging between 16.0 and 16.8 mm.; baculum distinguishable
from that of any other species by the combination of width of base
less than 1/4 of length of shaft, shaft having a maximum diameter of
more than 1/4 mm., and height of keel 1/4 of length of tip.
=Eutamias quadrivittatus quadrivittatus= (Say)
_Sciurus quadrivittatus_ Say, in Jones, Long's
Expedition to Rocky Mountains, 2:45, 1823.
_Eutamias quadrivittatus_, Miller and Rehn, Proc.
Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 30:43, December 27, 1901.
_Tamias quadrivittatus gracilis_ J. A. Allen, Bull.
Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 3:99, June 1890, Type from
San Pedro, Santa Fe Co., New Mexico.
_Eutamias quadrivittatus animosus_ Warren, Proc.
Biol. Soc. Washington, 22:105, June 25, 1909. Type
from Irwin Ranch, Las Animas County, Colorado.
_Type._--None designated; from along Arkansas River, about 26
mi. below Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado; obtained on
July 18, 1820.
_Diagnosis._--Size medium; dorsal dark stripes blackish;
sides Cinnamon to Clay Color; crown Light Drab; baculum
large.
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