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Smiley
1936
Peromyscus truei truei
17 mi. W Deephole, 4800ft, Washoe Co., Nev.
July 16 One caught in fifty traps set. Terrain:
Flat, v-shaped, dry water course that
carries water SW in flood periods.
This drains at least 2000 acres of
mountain side. Junipers mottle mountain
side, ten to 100 feet apart, greatest
density near dry bed of stream. This
specimen caught under a juniper 10 feet
high that was wide-spreading (10 feet in
diameter), an accumulation under it of
several inch thickness of needles and
dry twigs. Reddish talus rock in slide
areas 20 feet across. Medium tan soil
with various sizes of angular rocks in
vicinity.
July 31 El Dorado Canyon, 6000ft, Humboldt Range, Pershing Co., Nev.
One caught on SW facing hillside with slope
of 5 to 1. Soil finely powdered but rendered
hard by admixture of small angular rocks.
Large angular rocks present but not
abundant. Trap under 8-foot juniper.
Six more junipers within radius of 100ft,
Artemisia present.