GROUND SQUIRREL 



Hudson Bay Ground Squirrel.— a/f-Z/w^ parryii parryii 

 (Richardson). 

 A large, heavy-bodied Ground Squirrel with short tail. 

 Upperparts mixed yellowish brown, gray, and dusky the 

 gray m small, irregular spots; top of head and sides of neck 

 rich reddish brown to yellowish brown; sides, limbs, and 

 underparts warm yellowish brown to ochraceous; tail above 

 mixed yellowish brown, grayish and black, with black 

 gradually predominating toward the tip, terminal third or 

 quarter of tail black; underside of tail yellowish brown to 

 rufous edged with black and heavily tipped with black at 

 end of tail. Total length, 17 inches; tail vertebra? 46 

 inches; hmd foot, 2.6 inches. Found in the Barren Ground 

 region from Hudson Bay west to about 116° and from the 

 Arctic coast south to about 61° latitude on the western 

 shore of Hudson Bay; limits of range unknown. 



Citellus parryii phaognathus {Kichsivdson) = Citellus parryii 

 parryii 



Mackenzie Ground S^mrieL—Citelliis parryii kennicottii 



(Ross). 

 Much like typical parryii but paler in general color, with 

 less dusky on back and without such warm shades of 

 ochraceous or brown on head and underparts. Total 

 length, 17 inches; tail vertebrae, 5 inches; hind foot 2 5 

 inches. Found on the Barren Grounds from the Copper- 

 mine River and Great Bear Lake west into Alaska; limits 

 of range unknown. 

 Citellus barroiuensis (Merriam) = CitellMs parryii kennicottii 

 Kodiak Island Ground Squirrel.— C/V^-Z/mj parryii kodiacensis 

 (Allen). 

 "A form with cinerous lower parts, less fulvous above and 

 more bushy tail. ..." (Allen) -Found on Kodiak 

 island, Alaska. 

 Yukon Ground Squirrel.— C//e//2/5 osgoodi (Merriam). 



Size large; tail long for the group; very red on underparts in 

 summer pelage. Upperparts grayish to yellowish, dorsal 

 area with small, irregular spots of whitish; top of head from 

 nose to ears, sides of head, limbs and underparts deep ful- 

 vous to rusty reddish ; also individuals black all over are not 

 uncommon. Males slightly larger than females. Total 

 length, 18 inches; tail vertebree, 5.6 inches; hind foot 2 =; 

 inches; weight, average iH pounds. Found in Alaska 

 along the Upper Yukon. 

 Bennett Ground SquiTrel.— Citellus plesius plesius (Osgood) 

 Similar to typical parryii but smaller, with less yellowish in 

 general coloration; also differing in cranial and dental 

 characters. _ Upperparts yellowish gray mixed with black- 

 ish and whitish; top of head chestnut mixed with black- 

 tail above, grizzled black, yellowish, and whitish, below 

 cmnamon-rufous fringed with yellowish white; underparts 

 limbs, and sides of neck and face cinnamon-rufous. Totai 



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