WHITE-FOOTED MOUSE 



Satuma Island White-footed Mouse. — Peromyscus manicula- 

 tiis saturatiis (Bangs). 

 Upperparts cinnamon, liberally mixed with blackish to give 

 very dark tone; a cinnamon line along sides separating dark 

 upperparts from creamy white underparts and extending 

 down to heels. Total length, 7.2 inches; tail vertebrse, 3.1 

 inches; hind foot, .88 inch. Found only on Saturna Island, 

 British Columbia. 



Hollister White-footed Mouse. — Peromyscus maniculatus 

 hollisteri Osgood, 

 Dark in color like sattiratus; lateral line not so sharply de- 

 fined; skull larger and heavier, molar teeth larger. Known 

 only from San Juan Island, San Juan County, Washing- 

 ton. 



Puget Sound White-footed Mouse. — Peromyscus maniculatus 

 aiisterus (Baird). 

 Size medium, color dark; resembling areas but smaller and 

 more sooty in color. Upperparts brownish fawn, well 

 mixed with sooty, especially along back; no white at an- 

 terior base of ear. Total length, 6.5-7.6 inches; tail verte- 

 bras, 3.2-3.8 inches; hind foot, .76-84 inch. Found in 

 "Coast region of Puget Sound, Washington; north to 

 southern British Columbia and including Vancouver 

 Island." (Osgood) 



Redwood White-footed Mouse.^ — Peromyscus maniculatus 

 rubidus (Osgood). 

 Resembling oreas but with shorter tail and hind foot. 

 Upperparts cinnamon, plentifully intermixed with blackish 

 along sides, and more so along back to form a broad, dark 

 dorsal band; orbital ring and whisker spot conspicuously 

 black; tuft at anterior base of ear with no white hairs, or at 

 most very few; underparts creamy white. Total length, 

 7.6-8.1 inches; tail vertebrae, 3.6-4 inches; hind foot, .84- 

 .88 inch. Found on "Coast of California and Oregon from 

 San Francisco Bay to the mouth of the Columbia River." 

 (Osgood) 



Gambel White-footed Mouse. — Peromyscus maniculatus 

 gamheli (Baird). 

 Resembling artemisice but smaller. Upperparts ochraceous 

 to ochraceous buff, liberally sprinkled with dusky; no well- 

 defined dusky face markings; underparts creamy white. 

 Occurs in a darker phase, Upperparts more dusky and 

 with more of a vinaceous tinge. Total length, 5.3-7.3 

 inches; tail vertebras, 2.6-3.4 inches; hind foot, .8-87 inch. 

 Found in "Central Washington east of the Cascades, 

 thence south through central and eastern Oregon to Cali- 

 fornia; throughout California except the 'redwood strip' of 

 the_ northwest coast and except the southeastern desert 

 region and the region east of the Sierra; south into north- 

 western Lower California. Upper Sonoran to Hudsonian 

 Zone." (Osgood) 



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