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Kaye - 1933.
Thompson Canyon Walker Basin,
Oct. 20, 1933.
Mophs were taken chiefly in open
fields, near water. We saw very few
gopher workings on the hillsides. There
is apparently only one ganna of bat here, the
pypistellus, and there are not too many
of those. Sour, of which we have taken
four, seem to avoid the areas in
which there are other mammals.
We never got them until after we had
cought most of the other mammals
out first. Reithros occur more
thickly in given areas than the dipsos,
but are not found in near as many
habitats. The reithros we got out
of grass only, and only from the grass
near camp. Carnivores occur here in
great numbers but not this year.
The government trappers in here last
year just about cleaned them out.
Coyottos, fox, and bob cat were the
most common, with less shunk,
bear and oler. We were unable to
obtain any trace of weasel. Any
occasional mountain lion is reported,
and there is some reason to believe
that opossum have gone through here.
Com have been seen occasionally.
The most interesting mam-