94 TAMIAS. 



Related Chipmunk. 



Type locality. Wahsatch foothills near Salt Lake City, Utah. 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern border of the Great Basin, in eastern Utah, 

 western and southern Colorado, and northwestern New Mexico. 



h. Tann((s niiiiirnus inelcmurus Merriam. 



Tantias minimus melanurus Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 4, 1890, 

 p. 22. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 

 p. 79. Zool. Ser. 

 Black-tailed Chipmunk. 



Type locality. Near Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho. 

 Geogr. Distr. Known only from type locality. 



c. Tmiiias rninimris pictiis Allen. 



Tantias minimus pictiis Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 

 1890, p. 115. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 

 1901, p. 79. Zool. Ser. 

 Painted Chipmunk. 



Type locality. Kelton, Boxelder County, Utah. 

 Geogr. Distr. Western border of Great Salt Lake westward, and 

 from southern Utah and southern Nevada to the Snake Plains of 

 eastern Washington. 



(/. Tcniiias minimus cdpinus (Merriam), 



Tamias alpinus Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., viii, 1893, p. 137. 



Tamias minimus alpinus Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 

 Pub., II, 1901, p. 79. Zool. Ser. 

 Alpine Chipmunk. 



Type locality. Big Cottonwood Meadows, high Sierras, Tulare 

 County, California, south of Mt. Whitney. 



Geogr. Distr. Alpine summit of high Sierras, California. 



181. Tamias lectus (Allen). 



Eutamias lectus Allen, Bull. Brookl. Inst. Arts & Scien., i. No. 5, 

 1905, p. 117. 

 Beaver Valley Chipmunk. 



Type locality. Beaver Valley, Beaver County, Utah. 



Geogr. Distr. Unknown. 



Color. Post-breeding Pelage. Similar in size to T. m. pictiis, but 

 colors stronger; flanks, shoulders, and sides of neck, deep rufous; 

 face stripes broader and darker, and light stripes narrower; post- 

 auricular patch gray; central area of tail beneath bright rufous. 



Breeding Pelage. Closely resembling the coloration of T. cinerei- 



