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W. Muenster
1943
Perognathus californicus
May 30, Galician Range, 1500 ft., 5 1/2 mi. ENE Soledad, Monterey Co., Calif.
Dry grass.
June 3, Santiago Springs 2700 ft., 8 mi. E + 1 1/2 mi. S Guimlar, SL Co., Calif.
30 immature were caught in live snap traps.
And one immature was caught in a live trap.
The traps were set on a hill side where junipers
and Stanleya were the dominant plants,
other
Buckwheat, Baccharis and two Compositae
were also present. Small holes were present
near three of the sets. The soil is loose,
but only occasionally are there bare spots
not covered by grass.
June 4, One immature was caught high on
the hill set up yesterday. The trap
was placed under a juniper in an open
run. An adult male was caught in a live
trap near the bottom of the hill slope,
almost at the canyon bottom between
the hill I was setting on and the next
hill. The mouse was dead. The trap
was set in the shade of a lush Compositae.
During the afternoon we dug out a
Pocket Mouse burrow near our camp. It is
situated in the bank of a dry stream bed.
It is surrounded by grass on the surface near
the hole and all about the vicinity except for
a small area where work ground was
apparently thrown out of the tunnel system.