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Stanley. Eutamias dorsalis (Baird) _Diagnosis._--Size medium to large; general tone of upper parts Smoke Gray; dorsal stripes indistinct or obsolete; often brightly colored at base of tail; keel of baculum proportionally high, approximately 1/3 of length of tip; skull longer than 34.5 mm. _Comparisons._--From _E. umbrinus_, _E. dorsalis_ differs in: Dorsal stripes faint; skull smaller; base of baculum not noticeably expanded; general tone of upper parts grayer. For comparisons with _E. minimus_ and _E. amoenus_ see the accounts of those species. [Illustration: FIG. 2. Known occurrences and probable geographic distribution of _Eutamias amoenus_ and _Eutamias dorsalis_ in Wyoming. See figure 1 for explanation of symbols. 1. _E. amoenus luteiventris_ 2. _E. dorsalis utahensis_] Eutamias dorsalis utahensis Merriam _Eutamias dorsalis utahensis_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 11:210, July 1, 1897. _Type._--Male, adult, skull and skin, No. 186457 (NM); from Ogden, Weber County, Utah; obtained on October 9, 1888, by Vernon Bailey; original No. 289. _Diagnosis._--Size medium; dorsal stripes faint; baculum not noticeably widened at base. _Description._--_Color pattern_: Crown Pale Smoke Gray mixed with Cinnamon; upper facial stripe Fuscous; other facial stripes Sayal Brown mixed with Fuscous or Fuscous Black; anterior margin of ear Ochraceous Tawny; posterior margin of ear and postauricular patch grayish white; median dorsal dark stripe Fuscous or black; other dorsal dark stripes black and mixed with gray, sometimes barely discernible; dorsal pair light stripes Smoke Gray; lateral pair of light stripes creamy white; rump and thighs Pale Smoke Gray mixed with Cinnamon; dorsal surface of tail Fuscous Black mixed with Tilleul Buff; underside of tail Cinnamon Buff or Pinkish Buff, Fuscous Black around margin and Tilleul Buff around outermost edge; antipalmar and antiplantar surfaces of feet Cinnamon Buff; underparts creamy white; sides Pinkish Cinnamon or Light Pinkish Cinnamon. _Skull_: Size medium; braincase well inflated; zygomata strong, moderately appressed to cranium. _Baculum_: Small; keel approximately 1/3 of length of tip. _Remarks._--Only a few specimens of this subspecies have ever been taken in Wyoming. Little is known about the habits of t
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