WOODCHUCK 



^'si.'^.^f'f ^^"^f--Marmotaflavivenlris dacota (Merriam) 

 |dde/ Self Totd' ^'^^:^^t^f ^ 



Park U^Tmot.~Marmota flavive^itris luteola Howell 



Reserablmg /««« ,n size but color different. Upplrmrts 



^f^^".;^^^'""*-"^^™'"''-'^"''"'''""-" «"»'«'««■ Howell 

 Like dacota m size but with larger skull, dark red^ta color 



r.rfiefnr*.''"'^- /°""<^ '" "Western Colorado from 

 S^n;'i^ui£o"w*=:.?°rHowcflf "^^'^^ ^°""'^^ --' >-'S^°" 

 Dusky M^rmot.—Marmota flaviventtis obscura Howell 



ivarger than dacota and equaling typical /at;?z;e«^nV sexes 

 wHt^.Tf"^"^^ ;-^ ^^T' '^^^ ^°^^= ^°^°^ above, dark brown wSi 

 Poind fr"v^'' ^^'? ^^^^^^jly l\ckmg any white markings 

 l^^- \, ^PP5 ^^°P^^ °^ high peaks in northern New 

 Mexico and southern Colorado, from'^Pecos Baldy N Mex 

 north to Sierra Blanca, vicinity of Fort Garland anrWn 

 San Juan Range near Osier, Colo, (formerly in the Man 

 zano and Datil Mountains, N Mex • occnr<f in PT,,L • 

 and upper Canadian Zones'from aboiii S fe" altituXTo 

 the summits of the peaks (13,300-13,700 feet)/' (HoweS 



Caligata Group 



'"'(IsLcfoTt^. "^^^f-^^rnlota cali,ata caU.ata 



fail" verf;h'°'^^ ^^T\ ^^^"' ^^-5 inches, female, 27 inches- 

 tail vertebra male, 8.5 inches, female, 7.6 inches hind 

 foot, male, 4 mches, female, 3.8 inches. General aoDear 

 ance of upperparts grizzled white and black rich bX on 

 rump and lower back, black on top of head and face wi?h 

 I whitish patch in front of eyes; underparts soM whitT h 

 ■ tail above buff y tipped with brown, below dark brown- 

 forelegs whitish, hind legs buffy; fore-andMnd feet black ' 

 ^h. Found m "Alaska and Yukon, from the For Lnd 

 Canal north on the coast to Bristol Bay, an" in the 2ite?for 

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