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Title: Taxonomy of the Chipmunks, Eutamias quadrivittatus and Eutamias umbrinus

Author: John A. White

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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

PRINTED BY
FERD VOILAND, JR., STATE PRINTER
TOPEKA, KANSAS
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 alli