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- It is not lordi [underlined] [lordii] as the name has been applied. May be
laingi [underlined]. Better have specimens sent over.
Marmota flaviventris [underlined] is almost identical in color
It is not lordi [underlined] [lordii] as the name has been applied. May be
laingi [underlined]. Better have specimens sent over.
Marmota flaviventris [underlined] is almost identical in color
+ size with my Boston Bar specimen #55-12-24-125.
No skull. I think Howell's assignment was wrong but
it would be difficult to prove + little would be gained.
Marmota c. [caligata] okanagana [underlined] King 55.12.24.126
Label says brought back alive from Capt [Captain] Backs Exped. [Expedition] Norway
House, N [North] end L. [Lake] Winnipeg. Specimen crown black, a few
white hairs between eyes. Ears + line down side of neck
black. Fore feet black save for small white patch on 2nd [second] joint
of 2 middle toes Sides of neck yellowish-gray white. Mouth
grey, rump dull ochraceous heavily tipped with black; tail
black. Underparts grayish, washed [stained?] yellowish.
ostensible skull badly distorted from severe infection
of the jaws. Nasals extend 3 mm [millimetres] behind pmx. [premaxilla] + are
relatively straight across post. [posterior] margin Zygomet breadth 40 mm [millimetres],
greatest L. [length] 97; width behind supraorb. [supraorbital] processes 17; interorb [interorbital]
width 23; upper tooth row 24. Ant. [Anterior] palatal vacuities
[DRAWING]
Castor leucodontus [underlined]. cotype. 68.3.19.7. damaged skull
of young animal erupting perm. P.M. North W. [west] coast of VI. [Vancouver Island], Dr Brown
Enamel pale yellow.
Eutamias townsendi [underlined] 42.10.30.10. Stated to be type of
E. [Eutamias] lindsi [underlined] Gray. Label states San Francisco, this
crossed + Vancouver Isl. [Island] substituted, this crossed + Ft [Fort] Vancouver
cited with Ref. [Reference] to Howell. The skull is in this spec. [specimen] It is
richly colored, particularly on shoulders + lower sides. Abd. [Abdomen] white, outer
stripes gray, inner brown.
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