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Leo Arnold
1937 Thomomys Quadratus
Horse Canyon, 5,800 ft., Tehrum T.R., Washoe
Co., Nevada.
May 29 I caught 2 ♀ T.q. in a small open space
just south of camp. The spot was surrounded
with rose bushes and there was short "bunch
glass growing here and there on the ground. The
soil was fine, moist end dark but was full
of small rocks. These ranged from the size
of a pea to that of a walnut. This seemed to
make digging difficult—consequently the
holes were very small.
May 30 Caught 2 more near the same spot as that
of the 29th—one ♀ and one ♂. These
two were larger than the first. One feature
of the habitat was the fact that the burrows
were located in a place where constant
seepage kept the soil very moist at this
time of the year. "Snowplugs" from the
preceding winter could be seen here and
there.