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Quest
1948
Depodomys merriani
3
June 20 San Jorge, 5 ft, 25°44'N, 112°07'W, Baja California
One female # 406 (No Embs) caught in
live traps in same habitat as previous night.
June 23 Santa Rosalillito, 25 ft, SE end Bahia de Concepcion, Baja Calif.
One male # 435 obtained in forty-eight live traps
set on sandy, flat ground bordering wash at this
place. Slightly less than a full moon tonight and
last night. The area is heavily grazed by cattle
and the vegetation - Pitaya azia, Saramboulo,
Cardone, Mesquite occurs in widely separated
mounds with clear sand in between. Around
these patches of vegetation the sand has been
built up in mounds and in these sand mounds
burrows are common. Traps set near and under
these vegetation patches also caught one of this
species and two Perognathus arenarius.
Traps set by others of the group last night
caught nothing.