Geographic Distribution and Taxonomy of the Chipmunks of Wyoming

A Wyoming chipmunk’s winter molt begins at both ends of its tail, its changing coat advancing inward. What else can close study of these small mammals reveal about the boundaries between their kinds?

In this 1953 study, zoologist John A. White follows the chipmunks of Wyoming across a landscape whose local populations do not fit neatly into a single map. He compares 757 specimens, tracing differences in skull, size, age, and color to sort species and subspecies and chart their ranges. The task reaches beyond naming: White asks how these animals are related and how the shifting landscape, including glacial change, may have shaped where they live today. How much history is written in the stripes, measurements, and scattered localities of a chipmunk?

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