WESTERN CHIPMUNK 



Washmgton, Oregon Idaho, northeastern California, 

 Nevada,^ Wyoming, and Utah. 

 Coulee Chipmunk.— Eutamias minimus grisescens Howell 

 Resembling pictus but smaller and grayer, with less buffv 

 inner pair of light dorsal stripes broader, tail paler and 

 grayer. Total length, 7 inches; tail vertebrae, 3.2 inches- 

 hmd foot I.I mches Found in the "Coulee" region, east 

 ton ^^^'"' -^°^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ Counties, Washing- 



Cary Chipmunk. — Eutamias minimus caryi Merriam 



Resembling typical minimus but paler and grayer In 

 wmter pelage pale, clear gray on neck, rump, flanks,' and 

 inner pair of light dorsal stripes; dark stripes with less dark 

 brown; white ear patch fairly conspicuous. Total length 

 7-6 inches; tail vertebra?, 1.6 inches; hmd foot, 1.2 inches' 

 Found m San Luis Valley, Costilla County, Colorado. 

 i^ale Chipmunk. — Eutamias minimus pallidus (Allen) 



bimilar to typical minimus in size but slightly paler' Color 

 pattern very like that of typical minimus, but flanks a 

 lighter shade of buff and upperparts grayish with very little 

 admixture of buffy. Total length, 8 inches; tail vertebra? 

 3.6 inches; hmd foot, 1.24 inches. Found in Montana 

 and Wyoming m Great Plains region. 

 Bad Lands Chipmunk.— £«/awm5 minimus cacodemus (Cary) 

 Ralest of the genus Eutamias. In summer pelage resem- 

 bling palidus, but even paler. Dark stripes ochraceous 

 butt, median stripe darker but not black; upperparts pale 

 grizzled gray washed with buff on sides; ear patch incon- 

 spicuous whitish; tail above, black and whitish, below 

 cream color, the hairs banded with black and tipped with 

 whitish; underparts white. , Total length, 8.6 inches- tail 

 vertebr^ 4.2 inches; hind foot, 1.3 inches. Found in the 

 m Bad Lands of southwestern South Dakota and the Hat 

 Wo f uT^l''-'' ^1 ^^""'^^ ""^ extreme northwestern Nebraska. 

 A? u J 1^™^^ ^~^^'^^^^^^ minimus consobrinus (Allen) 

 Much darker than typical minimus which it resembles in 

 size. Upperparts mixed dusky rufous and gray ; sides bright 

 rufous; dark dorsal stripes black, outer stripes black 

 sprinkled with rufous; inner light stripes grizzled gray, outer 

 pair whitish; ear patch small, grayish white; tail below 

 rufous, fringed with ochraceous buff. Total length 76 

 inches; tail vertebras, 3.4 inches; hind foot, 1.2 inches 

 i^ound m northwestern New Mexico, western Colorado" 

 and eastern Utah m mountains and plateaus of Canadian 

 ^and Transition Zones. 

 Bighorn Qh.ipmunk.~Eutamias minimus confinis Howell 

 Larger than consobrinus but similar to it in color; in summer 

 pelage, dark dorsal stripes less blackish, more buffv on 

 thighs; m winter more buffy on upperparts. Total length 

 8.2 inches; tail vertebras, 3.6 inches; hind foot, 1.^2 inches' 

 i^ ound m the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming 



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