. A biological survey of Colorado. Natural history Colorado; Mammals Colorado; Trees Colorado. 89 Citellus elegans (Kcnnicol 1). Wy<)inin<^ (ii-ound S(niirj-cl. Tliis large gray ground squirrel is common in llie mountnin paiks and on the sage plains of the northwestern j)art of the Stat(;. Jt doc^s not aj)|)ear to I'ange south of the valley of Gi-and River, and it occurs east of tlie main ranges only in the T^aramie River country. (See fig. (S.) It is ahundant in Mi(hlle and North Parks, ranging across the Rahbit Ear Mountains at Araj^ahoe Pass (9,000 feet), and doubtles
. A biological survey of Colorado. Natural history Colorado; Mammals Colorado; Trees Colorado. 89 Citellus elegans (Kcnnicol 1). Wy<)inin<^ (ii-ound S(niirj-cl. Tliis large gray ground squirrel is common in llie mountnin paiks and on the sage plains of the northwestern j)art of the Stat(;. Jt doc^s not aj)|)ear to I'ange south of the valley of Gi-and River, and it occurs east of tlie main ranges only in the T^aramie River country. (See fig. (S.) It is ahundant in Mi(hlle and North Parks, ranging across the Rahbit Ear Mountains at Araj^ahoe Pass (9,000 feet), and doubtless at other points where there is sufficient open country. In crossing the Medicine Bow Mountains west of Glendevey I did not meet with this squirrel, and assume that its range extends from North Paik around thcnortli end of tlie Medicine Bows into the Laramie Fig. 8.—Distribution in Colorado of Wyoming ground squiiTel ( Citcllus clegans). A specimen in the National Museum from Cameron Pass, at 10,000 feet, was probably taken on the North Park side. The species was observed in the small parks along the heads of watercourses on the high forested divide east of the Laramie River as high as 10,300 feet, and extends east to Log Cabin and Fish Creek,^ Larimer County, which points are near its eastern limits. In Routt County it is found everywhere except in the higher Elk Head and Williams River Mountains, the Escalante Hills, the Yampa and 0-wi-yu-kuts Plateaus, and the higher western slope of the Park Range. Several of these ground squirrels were observed about 10 miles northwest of Hahns 1 Bailey, Spermophiles of Mississippi Valley, Bull. No. 4, Biological Survey, p. 60, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cary, Merritt, 1880-1918; United States. Bureau of Biological Survey. Washingt
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