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W.M.B. Richardson
1934
Mustela arizonensis
July 16 1/2 m. & Mineral King 2850 ft. Tulare Co. Calif.
The catch today included
4 of this species.
Found area - Sierra Nevada.
Libron - Canadian
Habitat - Along th canyon floor
where gophers and meadow mice
are numerous.
The 4 individuals were all
cought in the same gopher
set (2 traps). This morning a
partially devoured gophrea
was taken from th trap
and th trap next to
catched the culprif. The mom
when the traps were attarbed
to them were 2 weasels in th
2 traps. Th traps were reset
and this evening 2 mor was
taken. Th first two were
kept alive.
July 17
Three more individuals
taken today. Two of these
were cought in the same
trap as th above four. The
oth, a long S, was caught
in a woodchuck burrow
at th base of a big rock,
some 150 yd distant from
oth set. Th six individuals
which were caught at
th gopher set an apparently
a family of young.