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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