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Lee Arnold
1937
Eutamias dorsalis
June 13, 2 mi. W Smith Creek Cave, 6,300 ft., Mt. Moriah,
White Pine Co., Nevada
I caught an adult nursing ♀ in a mousetrap
set among the large boulders on the side
of the canyon north of camp. Except for
scattered sagebrush and Juniper trees the
nearest thick brush was rose. This thicket
was about 50 feet from the trap. The mammal
had apparently been caught early in the day
and some snake had attempted to swallow
it after it was caught. The entire anterior
portion of the chipmunk was covered with
saliva and a deep hole was cut into its side
just in front of where the wire of the trap
held it.
June 16, 1 mi. W Smith Creek Cave, 6,000 ft., Mt. Moriah,
White Pine Co., Nevada.
This morning at 10 o'clock I shot an adult ♀.
This animal was watching me as I walked along
a path but the moment I raised my gun
it ran up the hill and behind a rock. In
a moment it appeared above the rock. The
country at this point was flatter and
closer to the creek bottom than that
where the Eutamias was caught on June 13.