The squirrel taken at Yerrick Creek was captured in a rat trap; Alcorn found these animals to be "fairly common" in that area. He obtained no evidence that the natives use them for food.
Marmota monax ochracea Swarth
Woodchuck
Marmota ochracea Swarth, Univ. California Publ. Zoöl., 7:203, February 18, 1911. (Type from Forty-mile Creek, Alaska.)
Marmota monax ochracea A. H. Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 37:34, April 7, 1915.
Specimens examined.—Total 3, as follows: British Columbia: Hot Springs, 3 mi. WNW jct. Trout River and Liard River, 1; ¼ mi. S jct. Trout River and Liard River, 2.
Citellus parryii plesius (Osgood)
Parry Ground Squirrel
Spermophilis empetra plesius Osgood, N. Amer. Fauna, 19:29, October 6, 1900. (Type from Bennett City, head of Lake Bennett, British Columbia.)
Citellus paryii plesius A. H. Howell, N. Amer. Fauna, 56:97, May 18, 1938.