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Eutamias minimus borealis (J. A. Allen)* 



1877. [Tamias asiaticus] var. borealis J. A. Allen, in Coues and Allen, Mono- 

 graphs of North American Rodentia (U. S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr., Rep., 

 vol. 11, Washington), p. 793, August 1877. 

 1884. Tamias asiaticus borealis True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (App., 



Circ. 29), p. 593, Nov. 29, 1884. 

 1929. Eutamias minimus borealis A. H. Howell, North Amer. Fauna No. 52, 



p. 29, Nov. 30, 1929. 

 Type Locality. — Fort Liard, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada 

 (see J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 3, p. 109, June 1890). 

 Range. — Interior Canada, from southern Mackenzie (Fort Simpson and Great 

 Slave Lake) south over northeastern British Columbia to Banff and Eagle Butte, 

 Alberta, southern Saskatchewan, southeastern Manitoba (Anderson, Nat. Mus. 

 Canada Bull. 102 (1946), p. 114, Jan. 24, 1947) and northern North Dakota 

 (Turtle Mountains) ; west to Tatlatui Lake at head of Finlay branch of Peace 

 River and Babine Mountains, northern British Columbia; also isolated colonies 

 in Black Hills of South Dakota, Bear Lodge Mountains of Wyoming and the Big 

 Snowy, Bear Paw, and other ranges in central Montana. Zonal range, Canadian 

 and Transition (Black Hills, S. Dak.). 



Eutamias minimus hudsonius Anderson and Rand* 



1944. Eutamias minimus hudsonius Anderson and Rand, Canadian Field-Nat., 

 vol. 57, No. 7-8 (October-November, 1943), p. 133, Jan. 24, 1944. 



Type Locality. — Bird (Mile 349), Hudson Bay Railway, northern Manitoba, 

 Canada. Range. — Northern Manitoba, intergrading with borealis in vicinity 

 of The Pas, in western Manitoba. Probably occurs in extreme northwestern 

 Ontario and northeastern Saskatchewan, Canada. 



Eutamias minimus caniceps Osgoodf * 



1900. Eutamias caniceps Osgood, North Amer. Fauna No. 19, p. 28, Oct. 6, 

 1900. 



1922. Eutamias minimus caniceps A. H. Howell, Journ. Mamm., vol. 3, No. 3, 

 p. 184, Aug. 4, 1922. 



Type Locality. — Lake Laberge, Yukon, Canada. Range. — Southern Yukon, 

 southwestern Mackenzie, and northwestern part of British Columbia east of Coast 

 Range; north to Macmillan River, Yukon; east to Nahanni River Mountains, 

 Mackenzie District; south to head of south fork of Stikine River and to near 

 head of Ispatseeza River, northern British Columbia; west to Lake Bennett, 

 northwestern British Columbia and Lake Laberge, southwestern Yukon. Zonal 

 range, Canadian. 



Eutamias minimus neglectus (J. A. Allen) * 



1890. Tamias quadrivittatus neglectus J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



vol. 3, p. 106, June 1890. (Regarded as a synonym of borealis by A. H. 



Howell, North Amer. Fauna No. 52, p. 54, Nov. 30, 1929, and as a valid 



subspecies by Anderson, Nat. Mus. Canada Bull. 102 (1946), p. 114, Jan. 



24, 1947.) 

 1922. Eutamias minimus neglectus A. H. Howell, Journ. Mamm., vol. 3, No. 3, 



p. 184, Aug. 4, 1922. 



