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Murray
1948
3
Neotoma lepida
May 26 El Carrizalito, 1400±ft., 5 mi N Santiago, Baja Calif.
Above the unfinished tuberculous
sanitarium in which we are camped is
a steep hillside thickly scattered with
large granite boulders and bearing many
wild figs, mesquites, copals and other trees,
plus some groups of palm trees. Saw
a number of woodrat nests under the
rocks. Set 13 Schuylers, avoiding these
nests for the most part. One trap caught
a young ♂.
June 12 La Laguna, 6200±ft., Sierra de la Laguna, Baja Calif.
Set out 6 Schuylers as follows: 3 in a
large circular patch of prickly pear with a boulder
and a tree in the center, located out in the open;
1 each in 2 small cactus patches and 1 in a large
patch along the edge of the trees. Caught 1♂, 2♀,
1 discarded. Each rat was in a separate clump
of cactus. Dr. Benson had 4 traps in one large
c lump and caught 1 rat, making it appear that
only one lived in each no matter what the size.
June 29 10 mi SE Mezquital, 400±ft., Baja Calif.