The lower limit of the range of this species, on the coastal face of the
range, is roughly coincident with that of manzanita--that is to say, it
begins in the main belt of chaparral above the lower foothills. _E.
merriami_ seems to reach maximum abundance amid the granite talus, and
scrub oak and _Pseudotsuga_ growth at the upper edge of the chaparral
association. It was absent, however, from all but the lower fringe of
the yellow pine forest association.
On the desert slope _merriami_ was partial to rocky areas in the
pinyon-juniper association but was also in the black oak woods on the
Ball Flat fire road near Jackson Lake. Nowhere was _Eutamias merriami_
and _E. speciosus_ observed on common ground.
_Specimens examined._--Los Angeles County: San Antonio Canyon,
5500 ft., 2 (1 PC).
=Glaucomys sabrinus californicus= (Rhoads)