MARMOTA. 



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Marmota monax preblorum Howell. 



Marmota monax preblorum Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXVII, 

 1914, p. 14- 



Type locality. Wilmington, Massachusetts. 



Geogr. Distr. Connecticut, north to Rutland, Vermont and Ossi- 

 pee, New Hampshire, but how much farther its range may extend has 

 not been ascertained. 



Genl. Char. Very similar to M . m. rufescens but paler, light buff 

 on upperparts, hairs white-tipped; top of head seal-brown; under- 

 parts pale chestnut; tail at root inclined to grayish, rest of tail above 

 and below like that of M. m. rufescens; hands and feet black. Ex 

 type in United States National Museum. 



, Measurements. Total' length, 500; tail, 140; hind foot, 80. 

 Skull: Occipito-nasal length, 87.8; Hensel, 76.3; zygomatic width, 

 57.4; intertemporal width, 17; length of nasals, 35.1; length of upper 

 molar series, 17.7; length of mandible, 48.6; length of lower molar 

 series, 17.7. Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Marmota flaviventer parvula Howell. 



M armota flaviventer parvula Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXVII, 

 1914, p. 14. 



Type locality. Jefferson, Nye County, Nevada. 



Geogr. Distr. Known only from the Toyabe and Toquima Ranges, 

 Nevada, but probably will be found in the other ranges in the central 

 part of the State. 



Genl. Char. Similar to M . f. avara but smaller and darker. 



Color. Band above nose black; lips and chin whitish; top of 

 head and nape dark chestnut; upperparts pale buff to middle of back, 

 darker on lower back to tail, all hairs tipped with white; flanks like 

 lower back; throat and middle of abdomen pale chestnut; chest deep 

 buff; thighs and scrotum pale buff; cheeks black, white-spotted ; arms 

 .buff; hands reddish, feet buff; tail above chestnut speckled sparsely 

 with white on basal half; beneath blackish. Ex type in United States 

 National Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 470; tail, 130; hind foot, 70. Skull: 

 Occipito-nasal length, 72.2; Hensel, 62; zygomatic width, 48.6; inter- 

 temporal width, 19.3; length of nasals, 29.3; length of upper molar 

 series, 18.6; length of mandible, 46; length of lower molar series, 18.3. 

 Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Marmota flaviventer nosophora Howell. 



Marmota flaviventer nosophora Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 

 XXVII, 1914, p. 15. 



