Field notes, v4150
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28th D. Richardson 1935 2 Peromyscus truei Dec 23 Caught 4 of the animals last evening. The habitat as near as I can learn is the moderately brushy areas interspersed with rocks or boulders. Their habitat is quite a broad one. Dec 24 Caught 4 animals last evening. The more of these animals I catch the more I am impressed with relatively broad types of habitat that this animal lives in. It varies from the thick brushy hill side to the rocky areas set in a moderately brushy area. There is one thing of interest and that is that they are never found in the ocean ground away from brush or rocks. Jan 7 4mi ESE White River, 1200 ft Tulare Co, Calif Caught 11 animals in the 75 traps. Faral area - Sierra foothill. Life zone - Upper Sonoran. Habitat - In the moderately thick rock and brush area along the stream. They seemed to prefer the cover of a log or rock and in a few instances thick brush. Jan 8 Got 6 animals this morning, the majority of which were