Mammals of the 1908 Alexander expedition, with description of the localities visited and notes on the flora of the Prince William Sound region [Mammifères de l’expédition Alexander de 1908 et description des sites visités et notes sur la flore de la région sud du détroit Prince William].

Résumé

Five adult males and two adult females collected in summer 1908 are housed at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, California (Howell 1915). During the early zoological expedition in south-central Alaska, hoary marmots (M. caligata Escholtz) were reportedly "everywhere on the mainland along the shores of Prince William Sound" and less abundant on the islands. But no marmots were present on Hawkins Island (Lance 2002). The endemic Montague Island marmot was reported in July 1908 in alpine habitat, near timberline (approximatively 300 m), at Hanning and Zaikoff bays.