WESTERN CHIPMUNK 



rump and hmd feet buffy; tail longer. Total length q6 

 inches; tail vertebrae, 4.5 inches; hind foot, 1.44 inches 

 l^ound on the upper slopes of the southern Sierra Nevada 



M Al?> •^°^'^''!f r^^'^'^^t, '°.^^^ ^° '^"^^ ^i^e^ and east to 

 Mt. Whitney and Olancha Peak." (Howell) 



Inyo Chipmunk.—Eutamias speciosus inyoensis Merriam 

 Resembhng typical speciosus but "facial stripes less' oro- 

 nounced; post-auricular patches ill defined; rump grizzled 

 golden yellowish instead of gray; middle dorsal stripe 

 blacker; gray on back of neck more extensive; black tip of 

 tail shorter. (Merriam) Total length, 9 inches; tail 

 vertebras, 4 inches; hmd foot, 1.35 inches. Found on 

 Boreal summits of White and Inyo mountains, CaHfomia " 

 (Merriam) 



Tahoe Chipmunk. — Eutamias speciosus frater (Allen) 



Resembling typical speciosus but with dark colors more pro- 

 nounced and less black on tail; slightly smaller in size 

 lotal length, 9 mches; tail vertebra, 4.8 inches; hind foot 

 1.3 mches. Found m California in "Transition and Boreal 

 Zones on the Sierra Nevada in the vicinity of Summit, 

 Placer County and Lake Tahoe, south to vicinity of Kear- 

 sarge Pass, m Inyo County." (Grinnell) 



Palmer Chipmunk. — Eutamias palmeri Merriam. 



About the size of typical quadrivittatus but differing in 

 coloration. Dorsal stripes rather short except median dark 

 stripe which reaches between ears; much gray on upperparts- 

 dark stripes pale rusty, median stripe darker, outer pair 

 obsolete; facia stripes faintly developed; ear patch ill 

 defined whitish; tail black, edged with yellowish above 

 rufous below banded with black, edged with yellowish 

 Total length, 8.8 inches; tail vertebra, 3.8 inches; hind foot 

 I 32 inches. Found only on the summit of Charleston Peak 

 Clark County, Nevada. 



Townsendii Group 

 Characterized by large size and (for most part) dark pelage. 



Very large, with dark color pattern; five dark stripes Un- 

 perparts varying with season from yellowish olive-gray to a 

 rich yellowish brown; dark stripes black or brownish black- 

 facial stripes and ear patch grayish ; feet grizzled buffy gray ' 

 ^-.^^""r}'^^ ^f""^^^ ^a^d^d with black and edged with 

 whitish, below, rufous, black and whitish; underparts white 

 Total length, 10 mches; tail vertebra, 4.5 inches; hind foot, 

 1.44 mches. Found m humid coastal region of Oregon 

 Washington, and southwestern British Columbia ' 



Cooper Chipmunk.— EMtomm^ townsendii cooperi (Baird) 

 fesemUmg typxcaMownsendii, but lighter colored, grayer. 

 Light-colored dorsal stripes grayish instead of brownish; 

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