Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (Erxleben, 1777)

Species diagnosis

General Characteristics

Well-developed postorbital proceses
Broad, tilted zygomatic plate present
Tail completely haired
Sides of zygomata flattened from side to side all the
way to the notch in the zygomatic plate
Width of P4 less than half width of M2

Alaska subspecies

Subspecies	Type Locality
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus kenaiensis A. H. Howell	Hope, Cook Inlet
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus petulans (Osgood)	Glacier, 1670 ft., White Pass
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus picatus (Swarth)	Kupreanof Island, 25 mi. S Kake Village, at southern end of Keku Straits
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus preblei A. H. Howell