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bed with care, and became torpid. Some six weeks having passed 

 without its appearing, or having received any food, I had it taken out 

 of the box, and brought into the parlour: it was inanimate and as round 

 as a ball; its nose being buried as it were in the lower part of its abdomen, 

 and covered by its tail; it was rolled over the carpet many times; but 



Marmots monax 



M- m. canadensis 



M. m. ignavus 



SJ Mrea.of intergradaiion 



Map illustrating approximate distribution of Woodchucks in eastern United States. 



Marmota monax (Linn.). Type locality — Maryland. Description as previously 

 given. 



Marmota m. canadensis (Erxleben). Type locality — Hudson Bay. Smaller than 



monax and general coloration decidedly more reddish brown; brownish black 



of crown extending below the eye. 

 Marmota m. ignavus (Bangs). (Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, I, 1899, p. 13.) Type 



locality — Black Bay, Straits of Belle Isle, Labrador. Size about like canadensis 



but general color darker and skull shorter and broader. 



