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Palmer/1934
Dipodomys meriamae
June 30 Mason Valley, 5 mi. N. Pine Grove, 5300 ft.,
Mineral Co., Nev.
Caught one in 39 traps set in Atriplex,
Chrysothamnus and Sarcobatus on
rather sandy flat. This was a male
with testes enlarged.
July 8 3 mi. SE Schurz, 4100 ft., Mineral Co., Nev.
Caught 18 in 74 traps. Most of these were
taken on level adobe flats with Chrysotham
mus. A few were also taken on sandy
soil in Sarcobatus, Atriplex, Chrysotham
nus and Chenopodium.
July 9 8 mi. SE Schurz, 4100 ft., Mineral Co., Nev.
Caught one in 36 traps set in Atriplex,
Sarcobatus and Chenopodium on a
sandy slope.
July 19 E. Walker R., 5050 ft., 2 mi. NW Morgan Ranch, Mineral
Co., Nev.
Caught 3 in 42 traps in a sandy
wash with Artemisia, Chrysothamnus,
Sarcobatus and Ephedra.
July 30 1 mi. SE Wadsworth, 4200 ft., Lyon Co., Nev
Caught 9 in 95 traps set across a sandy
flat and up a low sandy hill in Russian
Thistle, Sarcobatus