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Thacker
1958
Species Account
Thomasys (monticula "pinetorum") = meyanus p.3
June 19
Spring Creek Ranch, [Hayt's] 3560 ± ft., 0.2 mi W, 0.3 mi S
Big Spring, Siskiyou Co. Calif. (T. 40 N R. 4 W, Sec. 8)
I caught 4 gophers in 13 sets here today. All
were females. The two larger ones were almost the
same size. (not 497 and 498). However 497 had
a much enlarged vagina and uterus and much
mammary tissue while 498 gave no indication of
ever having bred. Her reproductive tract was very
thin resembling the smaller females nos 499 and 500.
June 20.
Lombardi Ranch, 3582 ± ft., 1/2 mi. NW Mt. Shasta R.O., Siskiyou
Co., Calif. (T. 40 N, R. 4 W, sec. 17)
Yesterday we again set out traps here. This
morning I had caught gophers: 2098, 4 #. All there
were taken in an alfalfa field, previously trapped.
Since our trapping here a week ago the field had
been cut and the alfalfa was now rows drying.
There nos (502 thru 507) were preserved in formalin
(1:9).