Part 2

The measurements of the skull were made as shown in figure 1.

A total number of 434 specimens are listed as examined in this study, and additionally, numerous other specimens were superficially examined in the United States Biological Surveys Collection. Bacula of each of the named kinds of chipmunks in this paper, were examined.

Whenever two or more samples are stated to be significantly different, the meaning is that the difference is statistically significant.

The geographic distribution of each subspecies and the localities of specimens or series of specimens are plotted on the map (fig. 2).

When comparisons were made to ascertain specific and subspecific differences, only adults, or animals in which the enamel was worn through on the permanent P4 and p4 were used. Within this age range, only specimens in comparable pelage were used to ascertain differences in color.

Miss Viola S. Schantz of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Mr. Alfred Bailey of the Colorado Museum of Natural History, Dr. W. H. Burt of the Museum of Zoology of the University of Michigan, Dr. Stephen D. Durrant of the Museum of Zoology of the University of Utah, Dr. Robert M. Stabler, curator of the Warren Collection of Colorado College, and Mr. James S. Findley, generously loaned specimens for my use. Doctors E. Raymond Hall, Rollin H. Baker, Robert W. Wilson, Keith R. Kelson, E. Lendell Cockrum, and other friends and associates have given valued suggestions and assistance. My wife, Alice M. White, made the illustrations and helped me record and analyze the data.

Assistance with field work is acknowledged from the Kansas University Endowment Association, the National Science Foundation, and the United States Navy, Office of Naval Research, through contract No. NR161 791.

ACCOUNTS OF SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES

=Eutamias quadrivittatus= (Say)

Diagnosis.--Size medium; general tone of upper parts tawny; cranial breadth averaging between 16.0 and 16.8 mm.; baculum distinguishable from that of any other species by the combination of width of base less than 1/4 of length of shaft, shaft having a maximum diameter of more than 1/4 mm., and height of keel 1/4 of length of tip.

=Eutamias quadrivittatus quadrivittatus= (Say)

Sciurus quadrivittatus Say, in Jones, Long's Expedition to Rocky Mountains, 2:45, 1823.

Eutamias quadrivittatus, Miller and Rehn, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 30:43, December 27, 1901.

Tamias quadrivittatus gracilis J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 3:99, June 1890, Type from San Pedro, Santa Fe Co., New Mexico.

Eutamias quadrivittatus animosus Warren, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 22:105, June 25, 1909. Type from Irwin Ranch, Las Animas County, Colorado.

Type.--None designated; from along Arkansas River, about 26 mi. below Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado; obtained on July 18, 1820.

Diagnosis.--Size medium; dorsal dark stripes blackish; sides Cinnamon to Clay Color; crown Light Drab; baculum large.

Description.--Color pattern: Head Cinnamon, shaded on crown to Light Drab; ocular stripe Fuscous Black, with Cinnamon along margins; other facial stripes Fuscous mixed with Cinnamon; ears Fuscous Black, Ochraceous-Tawny on anterior margin, grayish white on posterior margin and on postauricular patch; dark dorsal stripes black with Ochraceous-Tawny along margins; outer pair of dark stripes often mainly Tawny; light dorsal stripes grayish white, outer pair usually creamy white; sides Ochraceous-Tawny, shaded in the region of the shoulder with Cinnamon; rump and thighs Cinnamon-Buff mixed with Smoke Gray; antipalmar surfaces of forefeet Cinnamon-Buff; antiplantar surfaces of hind feet Pinkish Buff; dorsal surface of tail Fuscous Black, overlaid with Pinkish Buff; ventral surface of tail Ochraceous-Tawny, Fuscous Black along margin, Pinkish Buff along outermost edge; underparts creamy white. Skull: Large; braincase well inflated; zygomatic arches strong and slightly appressed to skull. Baculum: Large; long and slender.

Comparisons.--From E. q. hopiensis, the only other subspecies in this species, E. q. quadrivittatus differs in: Dorsal dark stripes blackish; crown grayer; rump and thighs grayer; general tone of upper parts darker.

Remarks.--Specimens from the Chuska Mountains, Zuni Mountains, and Blanco, New Mexico, are intergrades between E. q. quadrivittatus and E. q. hopiensis, but are referable to E. q. quadrivittatus.

In north-central Colorado E. umbrinus occurs in the spruce and pine forests at higher altitudes, while to the south and east of this area E. q. quadrivittatus occurs in growths of piñon in lower, semiarid areas. In the northern half of New Mexico and in south-central Colorado, E. q. quadrivittatus occurs not only in semiarid habitats but also in the moist habitats of the forests of higher altitudes. Ecologically, E. umbrinus thus replaces E. q. quadrivittatus in north-central Colorado. This ecological replacement is comparable to the ecological replacement of Thomomys bottae by T. talpoides in Utah as shown by Durrant (1952:156).

Specimens examined.--Total number, 130.

=Colorado=: Larimer Co.: Arkins, 1 BS. Jefferson Co.: W spur Lookout Mountain, near Golden, 1 WC. Gunnison Co.: Sapinero, 3 BS. Saguache Co.: 5 mi. N and 22 mi. W Saguache 10,000 ft., 1; 21 mi. W and 3 mi. N Saguache, 1. Fremont Co.: 18 mi. S and 7 mi. W Colorado Springs, 1; Arkansas River, "about" 26 mi. below Canon City, 15 BS. San Juan Co.: Silverton, 1 BS. Mineral Co.: 3 mi. E Creede, 1. Alamosa Co.: Sangre de Cristo Range, 24 mi. E Hooper, 2 CM. La Plata Co.: 2 mi. NE Bondad 6,100 ft., 1; Bondad, 15 mi. S Durango 6,050 ft., 1. Archuleta Co.: Chromo, 1 CM. Las Animas Co.: Trinidad, 6 BS. Baca Co.: unspecified, 1.

=New Mexico=: San Juan Co.: Blanco, 1 BS; Chuska Mountains, 8 BS. Rio Arriba Co.: 8 mi. N El Rito, 1; 4 mi. N El Rito, 5; Rim Rock, El Rito, 2; 2 mi. E El Rito, 7,000 ft., 1; 2 mi. SE El Rito, 1; 6 mi. E and 1/2 mi. S Truchas, 8,500 ft., 1; 2 mi. S and 4 mi. W Coyote, 8,100 ft., 1; unspecified, 2. Taos Co.: 3 mi. N Taos Pueblo, 5 BS; 23 mi. S and 6 mi. E Taos, 8,750 ft., 2. Union Co.: Emery Peak, 1 BS; Folsom, 3 BS; Sierra Grande, 8 BS; unspecified, 2. McKinley Co.: Bear Ridge, Zuni Mountains, 9 BS. Sandoval Co.: Bear Canyon, W foothills, Sandia Mountains, 3 BS; W foothills, near S end, Sandia Mountains, 7 BS. Santa Fe Co.: San Pedro, 7 BS. San Miguel Co.: Canadian River, 4 mi. NW Tucumcari, 1 BS. Valencia Co.: Mount Taylor, San Mateo Mountains, 10 BS.

=Oklahoma=: Cimarron Co.: Kenton, 1 BS.

=Eutamias quadrivittatus hopiensis= Merriam

Eutamias hopiensis Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 18:165, June 29, 1905.

Eutamias quadrivittatus hopiensis, Howell, Jour. Mamm. 3:184, August 4, 1922.