Part 5

Specimens examined.--Total number, 135.

Yellowstone Park: Fishing Bridge, 1 (MM).

Park Co.: SW slope Whirlwind Peak, 9,000 ft., 1.

Teton Co.: N end Blacktail Butte, 6,600 ft., 1 mi. E Moose, 1; Bar BC Ranch, 6,500 ft., 2-1/2 mi. NE Moose, 2; 3-3/4 mi. E Moose, 6,300 ft., 3; 3-3/4 mi. E and 3/4 mi. S Moran, 6,210 ft., 2; 5 mi. S Moran, 1 (FC); 2 mi. S Elk Ranch, 2 (FC); 7 mi. S Moran, 1 (FC); 19 mi. E and 2 mi. S Moran, 1; Flat Creek Pass, 1 (MM); Flat Creek-Crystal Creek Divide, 1 (MM); Flat Creek-Granite Creek Divide, 5 (MM); Dry Hollow, Jackson, 1 (MM); Jackson, 4 (MM); Jenny Lake, 2 (MM); Sheep Creek, Jackson, 1 (MM).

Lincoln Co.: 3 mi. N and 11 mi. E Alpine, 5,650 ft., 2; 13 mi. N and 2 mi. W Afton, 6,100 ft., 2; 10 mi. N and 2 mi. W Afton, 6,100 ft., 2; 6 mi. N and 2 mi. E Sage, 6,050 ft., 1; Kemmerer, 1; Cumberland, 14 mi. S and 1 mi. W Kemmerer, 6,550 ft., 6.

Sublette Co.: 5 mi. E and 9 mi. N Pinedale, 9,200 ft., 12; 10 mi. NE Pinedale, 8,000 ft., 2; W end Half Moon Lake, 7,900 ft., 5; 3 mi. E and 5 mi. N Pinedale, 7,500 ft., 3; 2-1/4 mi. NE Pinedale, 7,500 ft, 3; 4 mi. W Pinedale, 7,200 ft., 2; 19 mi. W and 2 mi. S Big Piney, 7,700 ft., 1; 31 mi. N Pinedale, 8,025 ft., 2.

Fremont Co.: Togwotee Pass, 3 (1 FC); Moccasin Lake, 10,100 ft., 19 mi. W and 4 mi. N Lander, 1; 16 mi. S and 5-1/2 mi. W Lander, 8,650 ft., 1; 23-1/2 mi. S and 5 mi. W Lander, 8,600 ft., 1; 3 mi. E and 1/2 mi. N South Pass City, 7,900 ft., 7; Mosquito Park R.S., 9,500 ft., 17-1/2 mi. W and 2-1/2 mi. N Lander, 1; 4 mi. S and 8-1/2 mi. W Lander, 9,200 ft., 1.

Uinta Co.: 1/2 mi. S Cumberland [Lincoln County], 1; 2 mi. W Fort Bridger, 6,070 ft., 1; 8-1/2 mi. W Fort Bridger, 6,700 ft., 17; 1/2 mi. S Mountain View, 6,900 ft., 2; 6 mi. S and 2-1/2 mi. E Robertson, 8,200 ft., 3; 8 mi. S and 2-1/2 mi. E Robertson, 8,300 ft., 1; 9 mi. S Robertson, 8,000 ft., 5; 9-1/2 mi. S and 1 mi. W Robertson, 8,600 ft., 2; 10 mi. S and 1 mi. W Robertson, 8,700 ft., 4; 13 mi. S and 2 mi. E Robertson, 9,200 ft., 7; 2 mi. E and 12 mi. S Robertson, Ashley Nat. For., 9,000 ft., 1; 11-1/2 mi. S and 2 mi. E Robertson, 9,200 ft., 1; 4-1/2 mi. S and 4 mi. E Robertson, 8,025 ft., 1.

Additional records (Howell 1929:48): Yellowstone Park: Bunsen Peak; Swan Lake Valley; Canyon; Lake Station; Firehole River; Summit Lake; Snow Pass. Park Co.: Beartooth Lake; Whirlwind Peak, near Pahaska Tepee; Valley; Needle Mountain. Teton Co.: Elk, Jackson Hole; Teton Pass. Lincoln Co.: Thayne; head of La Barge Creek; Smith Fork, 7,000 to 8,000 ft. Sublette Co.: 12 mi. N Kendall; Merna; Fremont Lake; Surveyor Park, 12 mi. NE Pinedale; Bronx; Little Sandy Creek; Stanley; Big Sandy. Fremont Co.: Lake Fork, Wind River Mountains; Fremont Peak; South Pass City. Uinta Co.: Bear River Divide, 14 mi. N Evanstone; Evanstone; Ft. Bridger; Spring Valley; Henry's Fork, 5 mi. W Lone Tree; Lone Tree; Sage Creek (exact locality unknown).

Eutamias minimus pallidus (J. A. Allen)

Tamias quadrivittatus b. var. pallidus J. A. Allen, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 16:289, 1874.

Eutamias minimus pallidus, Howell, Jour. Mamm. 3:183, August 4, 1922.

Lectotype.--Skull and skin, No. 11656/38311 (NM); from Camp Thorne, near Glendive, Dawson County, Montana; obtained on July 18, 1873, by J. A. Allen; original No. 200.

Diagnosis.--Size large; over-all tone of upper parts pale grayish brown; baculum large.

Description.--Color pattern: Crown Pale Smoke Gray mixed with Clay Color; facial stripes Fuscous Black mixed with Clay Color; anterior margin of ear and hairs inside posterior part of pinna Pale Pinkish Buff; posterior margin of ear and postauricular patch grayish white; median dorsal dark stripe black with Clay Color along margins; other dorsal dark stripes Fuscous mixed with Clay Color; median pair of dorsal light stripes Pale Smoke Gray; lateral pair of dorsal light stripes creamy white; sides Cinnamon Buff; rump and thighs Smoke Gray mixed with Pale Buff; dorsal surface of tail Fuscous Black slightly mixed with Warm Buff; ventral surface of tail Pinkish Cinnamon or Pinkish Buff, with Fuscous Black along margin and Warm Buff along outermost edge; antipalmar and antiplantar surfaces of feet Pinkish Buff, Warm Buff or Pale Yellow-Orange; underparts white with dark underfur. Skull and Baculum: Large but of same proportions as in other subspecies of E. minimus.

Comparisons.--From E. m. silvaticus, the subspecies from the Black Hills, E. m. pallidus differs in: Paler; underside of tail paler; sides paler.

From E. m. confinis, the subspecies from the Big Horn Mountains, E. m. pallidus differs in: Over-all tone of upper parts paler; sides paler; underside of tail paler.

From E. m. operarius, the subspecies from the mountains in south-central Wyoming, E. m. pallidus differs in: Over-all tone of upper parts paler; sides paler; underside of tail paler.

For comparisons with E. m. minimus and E. m. consobrinus, see the accounts of those subspecies.

Remarks.--Specimens from near Buffalo, Johnson Co., are intergrades between E. m. pallidus and E. m. confinis and are referable to E. m. confinis. Specimens from near Sundance (not in Bear Lodge Mountains), Crook Co., are intergrades between E. m. pallidus and E. m. silvaticus (Howell 1929:55). Specimens from the Laramie Range in Converse Co. are intergrades between E. m. pallidus and E. m. operarius, and referable to E. m. operarius. Specimens from near Greybull, Big Horn Co., are intergrades between E. m. pallidus and E. m. minimus and are referable to E. m. pallidus. These specimens show no intergradation with E. m. confinis which occurs but a short distance to the east in the Big Horn Mountains. Intergradation between E. m. pallidus and E. m. minimus probably exists in northeastern Natrona Co. and southwestern Johnson Co.

Comparisons of specimens of E. m. pallidus and E. m. cacodemus, indicates that, in my opinion, E. m. cacodemus is entitled to subspecific recognition, for, the relationship between E. m. pallidus to E. m. cacodemus is the same as that between E. m. pallidus and E. m. confinis.

Specimens examined.--Total number, 58.

Park Co.: 2 mi. S and 2 mi. E Meteetse, 5,750 ft., 3.

Big Horn Co.: 6 mi. NW Greybull, 3,800 ft., 6; Greybull, 4 (BS); 7 mi. S Basin, 3,900 ft., 5.

Sheridan Co.: 5 mi. NE Clearmont, 3,900 ft., 1.

Campbell Co.: 5 mi. N and 8 mi. W Spotted Horse, 9; 6 mi. W and 4 mi. S Rockypoint, 4,200 ft., 1; 4 mi. S and 3 mi. W Rockypoint, 5; Middle Butte, 6,010 ft., 38 mi. S and 19 mi. W Gillette, 3; South Butte, 6,000 ft., 17-1/2 mi. W and 40-1/2 mi. S Gillette, 2; Ivy Creek, 8 mi. W and 5 mi. N Spotted Horse, 6.

Crook Co.: Moorcroft, Belle Fourche Valley, 8 (BS).

Washakie Co.: 15 mi. W Tensleep, in badlands, 1 (BS); 8 mi. S and 8 mi. W Worland, 1; 10 mi. S Tensleep, near No Wood Creek, 2 (BS).