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Quast
1948
Perognathus spinatus
1
April 10 Punta San Felipe, 50+ ft, Baja California
Four ♂, six ♀ in rocky mountainside east of
camp. Traps set mainly on rises between
gullies and near burrows beneath Encelia bushes.
Animals caught at night in live traps set ap-
proximately 30 ft apart and were accompanied
by four Perognathus formosus and two Peromyscus
crinitus. Traps set at least 100 yds from
desert association.
April 12 9 mi W. Punta San Felipe, 200+ ft, Baja California
One caught on decomposed granite hillside
with one Perognathus formosus and a
Peromyscus crinitus. 50 live traps were
set. #44.
April 15 Cerrada Centinela 300 ft 13 mi WSW Mexicali;
Baja California
Four caught in live traps baited with
ground whole corn in small meandering wash
in alluvial material below rock mountainside.
Specimens put up by Tevis and Murray and
cataloged under this date.
April 16 One ♂ + one ♀ caught in alluvial material in
live traps baited with ground whole corn at
night of the 15th (#54 + 59).
April 18 Cerro Prieto 30 ft 20 mi SSE Mexicali, Baja California
Four caught in rocks (lava) within 50 feet
of mesquite-sand association.