1916] Grinnell-Storer: Diagnoses of Seven New Mammals 5 
Tn our attempt to establish the systematic status of the merriami 
chipmunk of the Yosemite section, it was found that there exists an 
additional previously undescribed race of the same group in the Kern 
basin of the southern Sierras, and this is next described. Figure 1 is 
a map showing the distribution of all the Californian races of 
Eutamias merriami as illustrated by the material contained in the 
- mariposae 
- mM. pricei 
-m. merriami 
m. kernensis 
Fig. 1. Map showing ranges of four races of Hutamias merriami 
in central and southern California. 
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. This map, in conjunction with one 
recently published by the senior author (Grinnell, 1915) will serve to 
illustrate the ranges of all forms of the townsendi-merriami group 
now known to oceur in California. 
Eutamias merriami kernensis, new subspecies 
Kern Basin Chipmunk 
Type.—Male adult, skull and skin, in full summer (post-breeding ) 
pelage; no. 15022, Mus. Vert. Zool.; Fay Creek, 4100 feet altitude, 
