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V. Memmler
1942
P.2
Dipodomys
April 1, Berglund Ranch, 1450 ft., 5 mi. N Corralitos,
Santa Cruz Co., Calif.
which lay between two hilltops. We got no
Dipos here. The ♀ Dipos had no embryos.
Her pouches were filled with cuttings. These
included: Filaries, leaves and seeds, Redmaids,
stems, leaves and flowers, Lotus sp. leaves, Grass
flower heads, and
also Burr Clover.
April 2, We set out 96 traps in the same marginal
habitat as the one mentioned for April 1.
Here we caught 3 Dipos, 1 ♀ and 2 ♂.
The ♀ had 2 embryos about 4 mm long.
We found both yesterday and today
that the Dipos tend to drag Museum
Special traps about 15 ft. downhill
from where trap is set. We believe the trap
is a bit small for this animal. Also
traps were not wired. We put 20 traps_
on a knoll covered with large quantities
of Lotus sp., Baccharis, Pinus Coulteri and
Pinus radiata, both planted, formed the taller
growth, about 1 ft. tall. Traps were
spaced in both this location and the
other on both days at about 5 to 7 paces.
We used Peanut butter mixed with oats
and walnuts for bait, almost half and half.
On the knoll we caught 2 Dipos: 1 ♂ and
1 ♀. The ♀ had also 2, 4 mm embryos.