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Quast
1948
2
Perognathus arenaeius
June 8 Punta Lasparino, 10-ft, 23°16'N, 110°9'W, Baja California
7♂, 6♀ (#325-337incl) caught last night in 48
live traps set among short dense shrubs on crest
of sand dunes nearest the beach. Traps were baited
with Sudan-grass seed and ran from camp southwest.
This is the only species of mouse caught in these
dunes in two days of trapping. Most of the mice
were caught around the areas of short, densely
matted bushes, the population seeming to drop
off in areas less densely vegetated. Saw a
large rattlesnake in one of the brush clumps
two nights ago at dusk. Number 337 was the
only female containing embryos, having 4 of 4 mm
each.
June 19 San Jorge 5-ft, 25°44'N, 112°07'W, Baja California
7♂, 4♀ (377-387incl) caught in Museum Special
traps set last night in "Mangle Dulce" clumps
along sand cliffs bordering estero north of
camp. The "Mangle Dulce" grows next to
the Mangrove of the estero but usually separated
from it by at least the debris of high water
mark, and usually a small strip of sand
below the cliffs. Most of the traps were set
on the top of the cliff within 10 feet of the edge,
but a few set at the bottom of the cliff in
sand but near the Mangroves also caught
this species. Near the "Mangle Dulce" brushes large
areas of crawling cactus were found and a