Taxonomy of the Chipmunks,
Eutamias quadrivittatus and Eutamias umbrinus
BY
JOHN A. WHITE
University of Kansas Publications
Museum of Natural History
Volume 5, No. 33, pp. 563-582, 6 figures in text
December 1, 1953
University of Kansas
LAWRENCE
1953
University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History
Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, A. Byron Leonard,
and Robert W. Wilson
Volume 5, No. 33, pp. 563-582, 6 figures in text
December 1, 1953
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
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1953
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Taxonomy of the Chipmunks,
Eutamias quadrivittatus and Eutamias umbrinus
By
JOHN A. WHITE
The differences in anatomy and color between many species of chipmunks are subtle, and refined techniques are required to discover them. When "measuring" chipmunks taxonomically, it is necessary to use a "chipmunk scale" and not, for example, a "pocket-gopher scale." In explanation, some species of pocket gophers closely allied to each other, and even some subspecies of the same species, differ markedly in color and in size and shape of parts of the skeleton; comparable differences are not so pronounced among many species of chipmunks.