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A.C.Breeden
1956
MICROTUS LONGICAUDUS
SEPT.29 SARDEN CREEK, 6400 FT. 3 MI. NW HORNET MINES, NEVADA
5 IN 39 MUS SPECIES CAUGHT
WITH BEANS IN WET MEADOW
BEFORE STREAM ABOUT 1/2 MILE PAST
STATION ON SARDEN ROAD. THERE
TRAPPED IN 1 FT HI. GRASS BEFORE
STREAM UNDER OVER-HANGING
WEARS DIRT LOOSE, AND WITH-
IN A 30 FT DIR CIRCLE.
NO RUNS SEEN IN THE MEADOW
EXCEPT ONE SMALL "HOLE"
IN GRASS WITH 6 INCHES OF WORN
GRASS PATH LEADING OUT OF IT
- THIS WAS 5 FT FROM STREAM
EDGE. IF THIS IS TYPICAL HABITAT
THEY MUST LIKE VERY WET GROUND
& PITCHLES OF WATER RATHER
THAN JUST THICK GRASS IN LOW
MEADOWS, NO OTHER MAMMALS
CAUGHT IN THIS MEADOW,