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(from Vancouver, Nanaimo, Parksville, Little Qualicum river, French 
creek, Errington, Alberni, Golden Eagle basin, Tahsis canal, and Friendly 
cove), and states: 
“The Nootka Sound specimens are appreciably larger than those from the east side of 
the island. Comparative measurements are as follows: average of nine adults from 
Tahsis canal and Friendly cove [Nootka sound], length 191-8, tail 103-3, hind foot 22-6; 
average of nine adults from the vicinity of Parksville [about 16 miles northwest of Nan- 
aimo]: length 167-4, tail 84-1, hind foot 20-6.” 
When Mr. Laing sent me a specimen of the large white-footed mouse 
from Comox with his letter of July 12, 1932, he stated: “This is not the 
common Peromyscus at low elevation, which is a smaller, greyer animal, 
so-called ausierus The specimen which I am sending came from 
4,200 feet elevation inland.” Mr. Laing later sent in two additional 
specimens, male and female, taken near the same place, at about 4,500 
feet elevation, on July 15, 1932. Further comparison of these specimens 
with a series of over thirty specimens of oreas from the mainland and over 
two hundred specimens of austerus from the mainland and Vancouver 
island showed their distinctness from oreas and austerus as well as the 
apparent relationship of the Comox specimens with the Nootka specimens. 
Specimens Examined. Five in National Museum of Canada, eight in 
Kenneth Racey collection 1 , British Columbia (Vancouver island): 
Comox (inland, 4,200-4,500 feet elevation), 2 c^’s, 1 9 
Nootka, 1 d\ 1 9 • 
Marmota caligata raceyi new subspecies 
Chilcotin Hoary Marmot 
Type . Male adult, skin and skull, No. 11430, National Museum 
of Canada; Itcha mountains, Chilcotin plateau, range 3, Coast district, 
latitude 52° 45' north, longitude 125° west; altitude, 6,500 feet; August 14, 
1931; collected by Kenneth Racey; original No. 860. Allotype : female 
adult, skin and skull, No. 11431, taken in Caribou valley, same region, 
altitude 6,000 feet, August 16, 1931; original No. 869. 
Geographic Distribution . Known only from type locality, on Chilcotin 
plateau between east slope of Coast mountains and upper Fraser river. 
Diagnostic Characters. A rather large marmot characterized by pelage 
being mostly of black and white hairs, both above and below, and with 
little brownish colour in coat except a slight wash of ochraceous on rump 
and with distal parts of tail hairs ochraceous-tawny. Skull narrower 
than in neighbouring subspecies. 
Colour. General colour of upper parts mixed black and white, giving 
a grizzled effect. Top of head and orbital region black, extending from 
each ear back to shoulders in a gradually tapering black stripe; an indistinct 
band of scattered white hairs crossing forehead between eyes; nose and 
lips white, bordered posteriorly by black; cheeks faintly brownish due 
to dull brownish tips of some hairs; mantle pale greyish, the white much 
'Tofino (Clayoquot sound), 6; Cowichan lake, 1; mount Arrowsmith (4,000 feet), 1. 
