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Title: Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks

Author: John A. White

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Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks
BY
JOHN A. WHITE

University of Kansas Publications
Museum of Natural History

Volume 5, No. 32, pp. 543-561, 12 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. 32, pp. 543-561, 12 figures in text

December 1, 1953

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence, Kansas

PRINTED BY
FRED VOILAND, JR., STATE PRINTER
TOPEKA, KANSAS
1953

Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks
By
JOHN A. WHITE

CONTENTS

PAGE
Introduction 546
Historical 546
Methods, Materials, and Acknowledgments 547
Evaluation of Characters 548
Characters in which the Subgenera _Eutamias_
and _Neotamias_ Agree, but Differ from the
Genus _Tamias_ 548
Structure of the Malleus 548
Structure of the Baculum 549
Structure of the Hyoid Apparatus 552
Presence or Absence of P3 553
Length of Tail in Relation to Total Length 553
Color Pattern 554
Characters in which the Subgenus _Eutamias_
and the Genus _Tamias_ Agree, but Differ
from the Subgenus _Neotamias_ 554
Shape of the Infraorbital Foramen 554
Width of the Postorbital Process at Base 554